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Table 5.

Biological Processes Overrepresented within the Differentially Expressed Transcripts in the Conjunctival and Corneal Epithelium

Corneal Epithelium 10⁻³ – 5 × 10⁻²^*	Conjunctival Epithelium
Corneal Epithelium 10⁻³ – 5 × 10⁻²^*	10⁻²⁸ – 10⁻⁵^*	10⁻⁵ – 10⁻²^*
Cell adhesion	Response to biotic stimulus	Response to wounding
Transition metal ion homeostasis	Immune response	Inflammatory response
Copper ion homeostasis	Defense response	Innate immune response
Epidermal differentiation	Response to external stimulus	Complement activation, classic pathway
Heavy metal sensitivity/resistance	Antigen processing
Posttranslational membrane targeting	Antigen presentation	Nucleosome assembly
Blood coagulation	Response to pest/pathogen/parasite	Regulation of catabolism
Hemostasis	Antigen processing, exogenous antigen via MHC-II	Regulation of proteolysis and peptidolysis
Ectoderm development
Histogenesis	Antigen presentation, exogenous antigen	Monocarboxylic acid transport
Alcohol metabolism	Antigen processing, endogenous antigen via MHC-I	Melanin biosynthesis
Fatty acid metabolism		Melanin biosynthesis from tyrosine
Proteoglycan metabolism	Response to stress
Di-, tri-valent inorganic cation	Humoral immune response	Blood coagulation
Homeostasis	Humoral defense mechanism (sensu vertebrata)	Melanin metabolism
Carbohydrate biosynthesis		mRNA cleavage
Secretory pathway	Antigen presentation/endogenous antigen	Antimicrobial humoral response
Aldehyde metabolism	Complement activation	Hemostasis

EASE score range.