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. 2009 Jan 24;15(3):181–193. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gap005

Table III.

Ontologies significantly impacted by LH and steroid ablation/replacementa

Ontology List Array z-score %b
Immune system
 immunoglobulin production 5 13 6.09 38
 regulation of B cell activation 5 16 5.33 31
 production of molecular mediator of immune response 5 22 4.27 23
 cellular defense response 10 53 5.25 19
 B cell activation 8 46 4.40 17
 response to inorganic substance 5 29 3.45 17
 leukocyte differentiation 9 71 3.50 13
 immune system development 13 135 3.08 10
 negative regulation of immune system process 6 27 4.61 22
Steroid/cholesterol processes/metabolism
 sterol biosynthetic process 11 30 8.77 37
 cholesterol biosynthetic process 8 23 7.23 35
 steroid biosynthetic process 17 62 9.02 27
 sterol metabolic process 16 68 7.86 24
 cholesterol metabolic process 13 61 6.58 21
 steroid metabolic process 26 142 8.30 18
 lipid biosynthetic process 32 222 7.53 14
Cellular morpohology
 regulation of cell shape 5 31 3.26 16
 regulation of cell morphogenesis 5 32 3.17 16
 cell-substrate adhesion 10 70 4.14 14
 myeloid cell differentiation 8 58 3.58 14
 cell-matrix adhesion 9 66 3.76 14
 chemotaxis 11 100 3.33 11
 taxis 11 100 3.33 11
Cellular metabolism/biosynthesis
 isoprenoid metabolic process 5 25 3.88 20
 oxygen and reactive oxygen species metabolic process 6 31 4.15 19
 water-soluble vitamin metabolic process 7 37 4.40 19
 oxidoreduction coenzyme metabolic process 5 31 3.26 16
 vitamin metabolic process 8 55 3.76 15
 cofactor metabolic process 15 122 4.39 12
 membrane lipid biosynthetic process 10 83 3.50 12
 coenzyme metabolic process 12 100 3.82 12
 alcohol metabolic process 27 228 5.69 12
 cellular lipid metabolic process 52 472 7.39 11
 glycoprotein biosynthetic process 12 110 3.45 11
 glycoprotein metabolic process 14 131 3.64 11
 protein amino acid glycosylation 11 103 3.22 11
 biopolymer glycosylation 11 105 3.15 10
 fatty acid metabolic process 14 141 3.33 10
 isoprenoid biosynthetic process 5 15 5.56 33
Signal transduction
 activation of phospholipase C activity 2 12 2.12 17
 peptidyl-tyrosine modification 5 36 2.85 14
 positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB cascade 9 78 3.17 12

az-score ≥3.0, as determined by GeneSifter© Software Analysis and ≥5 transcripts per ontology, with significant transcripts representing at least 10% of ontology on array.

b% determined by number of transcripts in ontology list divided by total number of transcripts in ontology on array.