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Table 4 Functional enrichment of genes expressed higher in blood of breast cancer patients compared to healthy subjects

From: Gene expression profiling of peripheral blood cells for early detection of breast cancer

Biological process

Count

%

P-value

Genes

Fold enrichment

FDR

GO:0006412 Translation

20

8.55%

0.0037

RPL26L1, LOC440587, RPS29, RPL37A, RPL11, UBA52, RPS3A, EEF1G, TRSPAP1, RPL36A, RPL24, RPL17, RPL14, RPL15, RPL4, RPL6, RPS25, ETF1, AARSD1, RPL12,

2.0

6.6

GO:0042742 Defense response to bacterium

5

2.14%

0.0064

DEFA3, LTF, CAMP, PPBP, S100A12,

6.5

11.3

GO:0044249 Cellular biosynthetic process

27

11.54%

0.0112

LOC440587, RPL26L1, ATP5E, UBA52, RPL11, RPL14, RPL4, ATP6V0B, RPS25, RPS29, RPL37A, RPS3A, ATP5L, EEF1G, TRSPAP1, RPL24, RNPEPL1, RPL36A, RPL17, GUK1, RPL15, PRODH, MTHFS, RPL6, ETF1, AARSD1, RPL12,

1.6

18.9

GO:0009605 Response to external stimulus

16

6.84%

0.0115

DEFA3, TIRAP, S100A12, CDKN2D, NMI, CXCR3, STAT3, RALBP1, CLU, PF4, AIF1, PPBP, C8B, CMTM5, ANXA1, GP1BB,

2.0

19.4

  1. FDR = false discovery rate