Table 1

Expression of five 5′-splice variants of EAAT2 in astrocytic tumours

Patient		Tumour grade (WHO)		Glutamate transporter splice forms
Patient		Tumour grade (WHO)		EAAT2	HBGTII	HBGTIIC	EAAT2/3	EAAT2/31
1	I	H	M	0	0	0
2	I	H	0	0	0	0
3	I	H	H	0	0	0
4	I	H	0	0	0	0
5	II	H	H	L	M	0
6	II	H	0	0	0	0
7	II	H	H	0	0	0
8	II	H	L	L	0	0
9	III	H	0	0	0	0
10	III	H	0	L	0	0
11	IV	H	M	0	0	0
12	IV	H	M	0	0	0
13	IV	H	0	L	0	0
14	IV	H	0	0	0	0

H = High expression compared with S12mRNA; M = medium; L = low; 0 = not amplifiable.