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. 2015 Apr 15;8(4):4862–4882.

Table 5.

Ten most upregulated and downregulated GO classifications for carcinomas versus adjacent nontumor tissues

Biological process classification No. of genes Cellular component classification No. of genes Molecular function classification No. of genes Regulation
Cellular process 436 Cytoplasm 296 Protein binding 247 Up
Biological regulation 309 Cytoplasmic part 237 Receptor binding 54 Up
Primary metabolic process 296 Extracellular region 102 Structural molecule activity 35 Up
Regulation of biological process 290 Membrane-enclosed lumen 96 Carbohydrate binding 21 Up
Regulation of cellular process 276 Organelle lumen 94 Pattern binding 16 Up
Macromolecule metabolic process 247 Cytosol 86 Polysaccharide binding 16 Up
Response to stimulus 241 Plasma membrane part 79 Glycosaminoglycan binding 15 Up
Multicellular organismal process 225 Extracellular region part 70 Chromatin binding 15 Up
Developmental process 192 Endoplasmic reticulum 57 G-protein coupled receptor binding 14 Up
Cellular response to stimulus 189 Cell projection 47 Protein complex binding 14 Up
Cellular response to stimulus 183 Cell part 508 Binding 426 Down
Cell communication 179 Cell 508 Protein binding 255 Down
Signaling 176 Cytoplasm 341 Catalytic activity 215 Down
Signal transduction 160 Membrane 286 Transferase activity 76 Down
Positive regulation of biological process 129 Cytoplasmic part 255 Oxidoreductase activity 44 Down
Positive regulation of cellular process 121 Cell periphery 185 Enzyme regulator activity 44 Down
Response to chemical stimulus 110 Plasma membrane 182 Calcium ion binding 38 Down
Small molecule metabolic process 108 Extracellular region 106 Protein dimerization activity 36 Down
Regulation of response to stimulus 93 Plasma membrane part 101 Identical protein binding 35 Down
Catabolic process 84 Cytosol 90 Protein homodimerization activity 27 Down