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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Mar 1;210(4):321.e1–321.e21. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.01.013

TABLE 3.

Top VAAST genes with greatest difference between responders and nonresponders

Rank Gene Gene name P valuea VAAST Gene function (if known)b

1 CUBN Cubilin 7.32e-5 23.3 Receptor for intrinsic factor-vitamin B12
complexes

2 TMTC1 Transmembrane and tetra-tricopeptide
repeat containing 1
9.40e-5 17.1

3 TMEM158 Transmembrane protein 158 .00035 23.8 Surface receptor proposed to function in
neuronal survival pathway

4 ATMIN ATM interactor .00041 6.1

5 MYOG Myogenin .00056 13.0

6 NLRP10 NLR family pyrin domain containing 10 .00057 13.4 Multifunctional negative regulator of
inflammation and apoptosis

7 ENP1 Essential nuclear protein 1 .00094 13.8

8 NOS1 Nitric oxide synthase 1 .00094 11.2 Synthesizes nitric oxide from L-arginine

9 PRMT6 Protein arginine methyltransferase 6 .0011 8.5 Stimulates polymerase activity by
enhancing DNA binding and processivity

10 ZFP28 Zinc finger protein .0023 10.7

11 CASZ1 Castor zinc finger 1 .00298 15.3 Tumor suppression, blood pressure
variation

12 VPS13C Vacuolar protein sorting 13 homolog C .00301 11.4

13 FCGR2A Fc fragment of IgG, low affinity IIa
receptor
.00305 14.6 Found on phagocytic cells and involved
with clearing of immune complexes

14 OR56A5 Olfactory receptor family 56 subfamily
A member 5
.00318 13.0 Smell perception

15 RPA4 Replication protein A4 .00337 5.5 DNA double-strand break repair,
inhibition of viral replication

16 ZNF853 Zinc finger protein 853 .00352 5.3

17 TSKS Testis specific serine kinase substrate .00373 8.0 Tumorigenesis pathways and
progression

18 MICAL2 Microtubule associated monooxygenase,
calponin and LIM domain containing 2
.00384 10.2

19 CCDC50 Coiled-coil domain containing 50 .00401 11.1 Hearing loss, effector of epidermal
growth factor–mediated cell signaling

20 ANP32D Acidic nuclear phosphoprotein 32 family
member D
.00408 7.5 Tumor suppressor

21 RALGAPA1 Ral GTPase activating protein alpha
subunit 1
.00409 8.1

22 C16orf46 Chromosome 16 open reading frame .00409 5.9

23 ATP6V0A2 ATPase lysosomal V0 subunit A2 .00425 7.4 Cutis laxa type II and wrinkly skin
syndrome

24 SPRR1A Small proline-rich protein 1A .0457 4.9

25 PIH1D1 PIH1domain containing 1 .00464 2.1

VAAST, Variant Annotation, Analysis, and Search Tool.

a

Unadjusted for multiple comparisons;

b

Gene functions per National Center for Biotechnology Information gene database (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).

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