TABLE 3.
Pathway enrichment analysis of predicted and validated miRNA targets and differentially regulated transcripts in DGF and acute rejection
| DGF |
Predicted targets |
Experimentally validated targets |
Cleveland data set |
Cleveland data set (ATN) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathways | P | P | P | P |
| Angiogenesis | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.015 | 0.035 |
| Apoptosis signaling pathway | <0.001 | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.011 |
| TGF-ß signaling pathway | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Endothelin signaling pathway | 0.001 | 0.038 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| VEGF signaling pathway | 0.011 | <0.001 | 0.028 | 0.016 |
| PDGF signaling pathway | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.025 | 0.037 |
| Acute rejection |
Predicted targets |
Experimentally validated targets |
Cleveland data set (acute rejection) |
ARTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathways | P | P | P | P |
| EGFR signaling pathway | <0.001 | 0.014 | 0.001 | 0.012 |
| Inflammation mediated by chemokine and cytokine signaling pathway |
<0.001 | <0.001 | 0.039 | <0.001 |
| T-cell activation | 0.003 | 0.044 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Cytoskeletal regulation by Rho GTPase | 0.001 | 0.011 | 0.005 | 0.047 |
| B-cell activation | 0.013 | 0.020 | 0.031 | 0.034 |
ARTS, acute rejection transcript set; ATN, acute tubular necrosis; DGF, delayed graft function; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; miRNA, microRNA; PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor; TGF, transforming growth factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.