Table 2.
Tumor microbiome predicted to upregulate pathways involved in epigenetic processes
| Direction (tumours) | Pathway # | Fold Change | BH p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Glycine Betaine degradation M1 | 46.4 | 0.002 |
| Nylon-6 oligomer degradation M2 | 2.1 | 0.001 | |
| Bifidobacterium shunt A3 | 1.9 | < 0.001 | |
| Ketogluconate metabolism 4 | 1.8 | < 0.001 | |
| Pyruvate fermentation to aceton A5 | 1.7 | < 0.001 | |
| Acetyl-coA fermatiation to butanoate II A6 | 1.6 | 0.003 | |
| Photorespiration 7 | 1.5 | 0.003 | |
| Down | S-adenosyl-L-methionine cycle I M−6 | 0.7 | 0.002 |
| 2-methylcitrate cycle I A−5 | 0.68 | 0.002 | |
| L-Glutamate and L-glutamine biosynthesis −4 | 0.65 | < 0.001 | |
| NAD biosynthesis II−3 | 0.63 | 0.002 | |
| Pyridoxal 5'-phospahe biosynthesis I M−2 | 0.6 | 0.001 | |
| GDP-D-glycero-alpha-D-manno-heptose biosynthesis −1 | 0.1 | 0.002 |
*All pathways differentially predicted to be involved in the metabolism of the tumour microbiome (>1.3, Benjamini–Hochberg corrected p-value < 0.05). # Pathways associated with epigenetic modifiers are labelled as: methylation (M) or acetyl group donation (A)