Table 3. Genes that were induced only in aortic or femoral plaques compared to non-atherosclerotic internal thoracic arteries analyzed with genome-wide expression array (GWEA).

Gene (ID)	Gene ID	Fold change	Function
Aortic plaques
CHGA, chromogranin A	1113	5.8	Secretory granules formation, immunity against microbes [66], cancer [67], hypertension and myocardial infarction [38], [68]
CSF3, colony stimulating factor 3	1440	4.6	Survival/proliferation of neutrophils and macrophages [69], arteriogenesis [70]
GAGE12I, G antigen 12I	26748	4.5	Antigen, anti-apoptotic factor [71], [72]
C4orf7, choromosome 4 open reading frame 7	260436	4.3	B cell immunity, tumorigenesis [73]
GAGE6, G antigen 6	2578	4.0	Antigen, cancer [74]
LTF, lactotransferrin	4057	3.7	Immune modulator [15]
PRPH, peripherin	5630	3.6	Intermediate filament [75]
MS4A1, membrane-spanning 4-domains	931	3.5	B cell immunity [76], [77], cancer [78]
Femoral plaques
C1QTNF3, C1q and tumor necrosis factor related protein 3	114899	3.4	Adipose tissue secreted protein, anti-inflammatory [79]
CHAD, chondroadherin	1101	3.9	Extracellular matrix structure modification [42], [80]
PTN, pleiotrophin	5764	4.7	Cell differentiation [48], angiogenesis [47], cancer [81]

For all genes, the p-value was less than 0.05.