Table 2.

Major biological processes identified by MAPPFinder based on 20 common ALI candidate genes and number of relevant literature references

GO Name	PubMatrix Terms
	Acute lung injury	ARDS	Total
Transport	1,760	600	2,360
Development	1,476	619	2,095
Inflammatory response	829	289	1,118
Nitric oxide biosynthesis	266	92	358
Phospholipid metabolism	243	78	321
Blood coagulation	232	78	310
Apoptosis	246	57	303
Cell motility	244	54	298
Transcription	222	50	272
Cell adhesion	195	58	253
Signal transduction	187	36	223
Chemotaxis	156	32	188
Cell communication	150	29	179
Collagen catabolism	124	36	160
Immune response	118	32	150
Heart development	82	28	110
Phagocytosis	91	16	107
Arginine metabolism	80	13	93
Muscle contraction	56	18	74
Cell cycle	60	11	71

Shown are the number of references found by PubMatrix (http://pubmatrix.grc.nia.nih.gov) citing biological processes and relevant terms.