Table 2.

Correlations of the expression levels of 34 asthma genes between BEC and BAL (n=67)

Gene	Gene Full Name	rho^*	P value
RAD50	RAD50 homolog (S. cerevisiae)	0.53	4.5×10⁻⁶
AGER	advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptor	0.32	9.5×10⁻³
USP38	ubiquitin specific peptidase 38	0.30	0.01
ZBTB10	zinc finger and BTB domain containing 10	0.29	0.02
TSLP	thymic stromal lymphopoietin	0.25	0.04
GSDMB	gasdermin B	0.25	0.04
IL13	interleukin 13	0.23	0.06
IL33	interleukin 33	0.23	0.06
IL1RL1	interleukin 1 receptor-like 1	0.20	0.11
C6orf10	chromosome 6 open reading frame 10	−0.18	0.14
RORA	RAR-related orphan receptor A	−0.17	0.16
CDHR3	cadherin-related family member 3	0.15	0.21
PYHIN1	pyrin and HIN domain family, member 1	0.15	0.23
IL18R1	interleukin 18 receptor 1	0.14	0.24
PBX2	pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox 2	−0.12	0.34
GAB1	GRB2-associated binding protein 1	−0.11	0.36
SMAD3	SMAD family member 3	−0.11	0.37
NOTCH4	notch 4	0.11	0.39
IKZF4	IKAROS family zinc finger 4 (Eos)	0.10	0.40
HLA-DPA1	major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP alpha 1	0.09	0.45
LRRC32	leucine rich repeat containing 32	0.09	0.49
DEXI	Dexi homolog (mouse)	0.09	0.49
HLA-DQB1	major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 1	0.08	0.51
IL6R	interleukin 6 receptor	0.08	0.53
DENND1B	DENN/MADD domain containing 1B	−0.07	0.57
CDK2	cyclin-dependent kinase 2	0.07	0.59
IL2RB	interleukin 2 receptor, beta	0.06	0.62
ORMDL3	ORM1-like 3 (S. cerevisiae)	−0.06	0.65
C11orf30	chromosome 11 open reading frame 30	−0.04	0.75
WDR36	WD repeat domain 36	−0.02	0.86
TNIP1	TNFAIP3 interacting protein 1	0.01	0.90
PDE4D	phosphodiesterase 4D, cAMP-specific	0.01	0.92
CLEC16A	C-type lectin domain family 16, member A	0.01	0.92
GATA3	GATA binding protein 3	0.01	0.95

rho: correlation coefficient from Spearman’s rank sum test. Bonferroni adjusted P value is 0.05/34=1.5×10⁻³.