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Table 2 Statistics of key gene ontology categories by mechanism of regulation in 728 E2 + ERβ downregulated genes

From: Inhibitory effects of estrogen receptor beta on specific hormone-responsive gene expression and association with disease outcome in primary breast cancer

Gene function

Percentage total

χ2 p value

'Synergistic'

  

   Apoptosis

0% (0/129)

0.33018

   Cell cycle

0.8% (1/129)

0.47730

   Cell proliferation

0% (0/129)

0.53595

   DNA replication

0.8% (1/129)

0.67051

'Attenuation'

  

   Apoptosis

0.4% (2/492)

0.40303

   Cell cycle

1.8% (9/492)

0.11725

   Cell proliferation

0.2% (1/492)

0.70713

   DNA replication

1.6% (8/492)

0.00080

'Antagonistic'

  

   Apoptosis

0.9% (1/107)

0.80404

   Cell cycle

8.4% (6/107)

0.00077

   Cell proliferation

0.9% (1/107)

0.22828

   DNA replication

0.9% (1/107)

0.53640

All genes on array

  

   Apoptosis

0.7% (138/18,912)

-

   Cell cycle

1.5% (293/18,912)

-

   Cell proliferation

0.3% (56/18,912)

-

   DNA replication

0.5% (96/18,912)

-

  1. ERβ, estrogen receptor beta.