Figure 7. Six inflammatory genes differentially expressed in patients with pectus deformities, of which five are down-regulated.

The CD molecules are cell surface molecules participating in inflammatory cell interactions. SOD3 encodes for extracellular superoxide dismutase, which is an enzyme that protects against oxidative stress caused by inflammatory cells. (FC = 0.6, 0.8; 0.6; 1.6; 0.6; 0.6respectively; FDR = 0%).