Table 4.
Ontology analysis of ECM-receptor interaction pathway impacted by infection with mono- and polymicrobial infection1.
| Impacted ECM-receptor interaction pathway2 | Impact Factor3 | Input genes/no. of pathway genes4 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvarial bone | |||
| P. gingivalis | NSI | NSI | NSI |
| T. denticola | 17.812 | 32/81 | 3.458E-7 |
| T. forsythia | 23.467 | 35/81 | 1.574E-9 |
| P. gingivalis, T. denticola, T. forsythia | 11.145 | 45/81 | 1.775E-4 |
| Calvarial tissue | |||
| P. gingivalis | NSI5 | NSI | NSI |
| T. denticola | NSI | NSI | NSI |
| T. forsythia | NSI | NSI | NSI |
| P. gingivalis, T. denticola, T. forsythia | NSI | NSI | NSI |
The calvarial bone and tissue gene pathways were determined by Pathway Express (Draghici et al. 2007; Khatri et al. 2007).
Kyoto Encyclopedia of genes and genome pathways (http://www.genome.jp/kegg/).
The impact factor measures the pathways most affected by changes in gene expression in calvarial bone and soft tissue to monoinfection (P. gingivalis or T. denticola or T. forsythia) and polymicrobial infection with P. gingivalis, T. denticola, and T. forsythia by considering the proportion of differentially regulated genes, the perturbation factors of all pathway genes, and the propagation of these perturbations throughout the ECM pathway.
Number of regulated genes in ECM receptor-interaction pathway/total number of genes currently mapped to ECM pathway.
NSI stands for not significantly impacted pathway.