matlab 读取txt中的第一列,怎么读取txt文件，第一列是字符，其他列是数字？

有一个txt文件，是基因表达的数据。该文件的第一列是基因的名字，第二列、三列、四列等是基因的表达值。我想把这个文件读到matlab里。第一行的“GENE sample_0 sample_1 sample_2 sample_0 sample_1 sample_2”不读，就把下面的读出来。求大神帮助！粘贴一部分，也可看附件。

GENE sample_0 sample_1 sample_2 sample_0 sample_1 sample_2

lon 11.578978688272356 9.685312028990644 16.790667067463147 56.73645944076327 32.643546876890724 36.83627553824812

rpoH 345.2722616849686 361.832045582787 292.4665339883546 473.9616093099911 538.0803423630038 421.4404015139432

mopA 1919.2019855182248 2260.0064405901826 2547.4044093577822 2778.8264473571635 4163.859049036194 3266.7613686629943

htpG 222.17522964921238 136.24140448674694 263.90301018924055 213.86501002955083 406.69933340574374 253.85719009714938

rpoE_rseABC 2725.8816857735237 2880.359317485696 2923.936881940767 3044.2025858093225 3024.0930307495805 3119.763819668855

ibpAB 422.1000263780056 623.4151066427775 475.0363975479978 934.3568163090514 699.223773114621 908.8783419080024

ecfABC 7585.1866383299985 7601.275474991028 7586.822818893082 7674.791060516889 7674.937155521684 7676.327550565106