Figure 2.
Functional enrichment and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis of candidate genes. (A) GO Enrichment Analysis.The results of the functional enrichment analysis conducted on the 31 candidate genes. Significant GO terms included "mitochondrial respiratory chain complex assembly" (BP), "mitochondrial inner membrane" (CC), and "SNAP receptor activity" (MF) (B) KEGG pathway analysis of DEGs included "thermogenesis", "SNARE interactions in vesicular transport", and "terpenoid backbone biosynthesis". (C) PPI Network of Candidate Genes. Construction of the PPI network and selection of hub genes. (D) Two key modules in the PPI network were ascertained. The 10 genes within these two modules were selected as hub genes for further analysis.
