TABLE 3.
Challenges compared, common immune gene protein | Function | Immune pathway | Fold changeb |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC | Poly(I·C) | Poly (I·C) + PC | |||
PC only vs poly(I·C) only | |||||
JUN | Early response gene interacting with MYC to regulate AP1 genes | B cell receptor signaling pathway | 2.50 ↓ | 3.60 ↑ | |
DUSP1 | Dual-specificity phosphatase 1 that reverses the activation of MAPK | MAPK signaling pathway | 2.27 ↓ | 2.87 ↑ | |
PC only vs poly(I·C) + PC, FOS | Nuclear phosphoprotein that forms a complex with the JUN/AP-1 complex | MAPK signaling pathway Toll-like receptor signaling | 2.00 ↓ | 2.08 ↓ | |
PC only vs poly(I·C) only vs poly(I·C) + PC, EGR1 | Activator of the transcription of target genes required for mitogenesis and differentiation | MAPK signaling pathway | 2.08 ↓ | 2.10 ↑ | 2.22 ↓ |
Immune gene function data are from GeneCards (http://www.genecards.org), and immune pathway data are from KEGG (http://www.genome.jp/kegg/pathway.html).
Fold change or expression ratio = 2log2ratio. ↑, upregulation; ↓, downregulation. A 2-fold change in differentially expressed genes and a P value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant.