Table 3.

First 20 diseases which are associated with genes with an altered expression pattern in vitiligo patients’ PBMCs

Functions annotation	Category	p value	Molecules
Lichen planus	Dermatological diseases and conditions Immunological disease Inflammatory disease	2,24E–09	24
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B	Hereditary disorder Skeletal and muscular disorders	3,26E–08	14
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy	Hereditary disorder Skeletal and muscular disorders Developmental disorder	5,61E–08	12
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	Inflammatory disease Connective tissue disorders Inflammatory response Organismal injury and abnormalities Respiratory disease	5,67E–08	21
Miyoshi myopathy	Hereditary disorder Skeletal and muscular disorders	6,61E–08	13
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A	Hereditary disorder Skeletal and muscular disorders	1,39E–07	13
Cell death	Cell death and survival	4,07E–07	287
Congenital myopathy	Hereditary disorder Skeletal and muscular disorders Developmental disorder	6,12E–07	18
Nemaline myopathy	Hereditary disorder Skeletal and muscular disorders Developmental disorder	9,53E–07	13
Viral infection	Infectious disease	1,66E–06	169
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy	Hereditary disorder Skeletal and muscular disorders	1,89E–06	15
Apoptosis	Cell death and survival	2,27E–06	234
Necrosis	Cell death and survival	2,99E–06	220
Function of blood cells	Cellular function and maintenance	3,96E–06	68
Pneumonia	Inflammatory response Respiratory disease	4,72E–06	23
Proliferation of cells	Cellular growth and proliferation	5,99E–06	301
Function of leukocytes	Cellular function and maintenance	6,03E–06	64
Cancer	Cancer	1,84E–05	330
Production of reactive oxygen species	Free radical scavenging	3,65E–05	38
Breast cancer	Cancer	3,92E–05	103