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Table 3 Enrichment analysis: Biological process and pathway regulated by prednisone in study 1

From: Effect of short-term oral prednisone therapy on blood gene expression: a randomised controlled clinical trial

Biological process and pathway

P-value

FDR

Genes

Immune response

2.57E-07

8.40E-05

KLRD1, TGFBR3, IKBKE, GZMA, CX3CR1, SPON2, MILR1, NCR1, SLAMF7, CYSLTR2, NFKB2, CD36, PRF1, NR1D1, PAG1

Cytolysis

1.19E-06

2.00E-04

GZMA, PRF1, GZMB, GZMH

Graft-versus-host disease

1.43E-05

3.60E-05

KLRD1, PRF1, GZMB

Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity

1.80E-05

3.60E-05

KLRD1, PRF1, GZMB, NCR1

Cellular defense response

2.87E-05

0.0028

PRF1, CX3CR1, GNLY, NCR1

Immune system process

3.44E-05

0.0028

KLRD1, GZMA, CX3CR1, NCR1, SLAMF7, ID2, CYSLTR2, CD36, PAG1, TGFBR3, IKBKE, MILR1, SPON2, NFKB2, NR1D1, PRF1

Circadian rhythm

0.0001

0.0065

ID2, PRF1, NR1D1, PER2

cell activation

0.0003

1.40E-02

CX3CR1, MILR1, NCR1, SLAMF7, ID2, NFKB2, CD36, STXBP1, PAG1

Natural killer cell activation

0.0003

1.40E-02

ID2, SLAMF7, NCR1

Regulation of immune system process

0.0009

3.68E-02

KLRD1, IKBKE, MILR1, NCR1, ID2, NFKB2, NR1D1, CD36, PAG1

Cell killing

0.0011

3.92E-02

SLAMF7, GNLY, NCR1

Regulation of immune response

0.0012

3.92E-02

KLRD1, IKBKE, NFKB2, CD36, NR1D1, PAG1, NCR1

Defense response

0.0014

4.16E-02

IKBKE, CX3CR1, SPON2, NCR1, SLAMF7, NFKB2, CD36, NR1D1, PRF1, GNLY

Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction

0.0037

4.90E-03

CYSLTR2, GZMA, S1PR5

Metabolic pathways

0.0392

3.92E-02

PIGB, AMPD3, DHRS9, ENO1

  1. Bold means the pathway from KEGG
  2. FDR false discovery rate