“…Genes with expression change ≥ 1.4-fold and assembled data of four sets with a p value < 0.05 were selected for follow-up studies, and 15 genes ( Atf5, Trib3, Nexn, Mt1, Casp4, Hmox1, Bfsp2, Gcg, Ppic, Cdh3, Slc22a8, Ppfibp2, Slc7a11, Bdh2, C1qtnf5 ) were chosen for next analysis. Then, we checked the relevant literature to find the following five up-regulated genes as differentially expressed transcripts in the eyes treated with NK-4 that are related to anti-apoptosis: heme oxygenase 1 ( Hmox1) [ 28 ], metallothionein-1 (Mt1) [ 29 , 30 ], solute carrier family 7 member 11 (Slc7a11) [ 31 ], 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase 2 (Bdh2) [ 32 , 33 ], and activating transcription factor 5 (Atf5) [ 34 ] ( Table 1 ).…”