Table 3. Copies of genes mostly highly expressed in hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal gland 

Hypothalamus Gene name

Copies

Pituitary Gene name

Copies

Adrenal Gland Gene name

Copies

Myelin basic protein

57

growth hormone

385

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

115

Proteolipid protein

57

prolactin

242

type II 3-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/ 5-delta - 4-delta isomerase

114

glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

22

heat shock protein 90*

53

Cytochrome P450, subfamily XVII (steroid 17-alpha-hydroxylase)

68

heat shock protein 90*

20

alpha subunit of GsGTP binding protein *

42

Aldose reductase

43

alpha subunit of GsGTP binding protein*

19

chorionic gonadotropin

40

Glutathione S-transferase A2

28

alpha-tubulin

16

elongation factor 1 alpha subunit

38

mitochondrial matrix protein P1

28

calmodulin

16

proopiomelanocortin (POMC)

33

Prostatic binding protein(a phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein)

27

thymosin beta-4#

16

ribosomal protein S24

26

Translation elongation factor 1-alpha-1

26

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF-4A) isoform 2

14

Glyoxalase II

19

heat shock protein 90*

25

Proliferation-associated gene A (natural killer-enhancing factor A)

14

18S ribosomal

18

KIAA0018

25

SPARC/osteonectin

14

tumor susceptiblity protein (TSG101)

16

Ribosomal protein, large, P0#

23

calmodulin-I (CALM1)

13

carboxypeptidase E

15

ribosomal protein L10

22

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

13

nuclear p68 protein#

14

Ferritin heavy chain

20

membrane glycoprotein M6

12

thyroid hormone receptor coactivatingprotein

14

thymosin beta-4#

20

Translation elongation factor 1-alpha-1#

12

ribosomal protein S6

13

23 kD highly basic protein

19

71 kd heat shock cognate protein

11

acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein P0#

11

nonmuscle/smooth muscle alkali myosin light chain

17

cell cycle regulatory protein p95 (NBS1)

11

brain-expressed HHCPA78 homolog

11

SH3 binding protein

17

protein gene product (PGP) 9.5(neuroendocrine marker protein)

11

electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase

11

alpha subunit of GsGTP binding protein*

16

amyloid precursor protein

10

histone H3.3

11

p68 protein#

16

Carboxypeptidase E

10

non-muscle myosin alkali light chain

11

Ribosomal protein L19

16

* gene expressed in all three tissues;  # genes expressed in two tissue