Predicting involvement of polycomb repressive complex 2 in direct conversion of mouse fibroblasts into induced neural stem cells

Table 1 Microarray data sets that were used in this study and their experimental design

Experiment	Comparison	Accession number	Description
Matusi et al. (2012) [2]	Adult fibroblasts-derived neurosphere (iNSC1) versus adult skin fibroblasts	GSE31598	INSC1 sample is very similar to EB-derived secondary neurosphere. This comparison was used as primary data for our analysis
Thier et al. (2011) [3]	Three iNSC colons versus mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs)	GSE36484	iNSC2, iNSC3, and iNSC5 colons compared with MEF.
Han et al. (2012) [4]	5 F-iNSCs versus mouse fibroblasts	GSE30500	Best result for direct conversion achieved when combinations of five TFs were used.
Ring et al. (2102) [5]	Two clonal lines of iNSCs versus mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs)	GSE37859	Direct reprogramming of mouse fibroblast into iNSCs using Sox2 transcription factor.