Table 9. Genes involved in the apoptosis signaling pathway induced by sulfur mustard at 24, 72 and 168 h post-exposure.

Gene name	Gene description	Fold change (SM)
		24 h	72 h	168 h
Akt2	v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 2	1.78†	1.46*	1.41†
Bax	BCL2-associated X protein	3.38†	2.56†	2.23†
Bid	BH3 interacting domain death agonist	1.97†	2.54*	2.08*
Capn3	Calpain 3, (p94)	1.47	1.61	2.16†
Capn5	Calpain 5	−2.20	−1.49	−2.44*
Casp8	Caspase 8, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase	1.31	1.53*	1.72†
Fas	Fas (TNF receptor superfamily, member 6)	2.88†	2.10*	1.89†
Ikbkg	Inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells, kinase gamma	1.59*	1.80†	1.48*
Map2k1	Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1	1.69*	2.27*	2.02†
Nfkbia	Nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha	1.66*	1.43	1.62*
Nfkbie	Nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, epsilon	1.66	1.99	3.97*
Pak3	p21 (CDKN1A)-activated kinase 3	−1.69	−1.70†	−2.19†
Pkn1	Protein kinase N1	1.61	1.35	2.48*
Rras2	Related RAS viral (r-ras) oncogene homolog 2	1.94*	1.98*	1.79†
Ttk	TTK protein kinase	−1.24	1.04	−2.13*

^*p<0.05.

^†p<0.01.