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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Neurobiol. 2016 Jun 29;54(6):4507–4523. doi: 10.1007/s12035-016-9961-8

Table 2.

Most significant GO terms, biological functions, and disorders associated with 161 differentially expressed genes in autistic patient iPSC-derived neurons a

Gene Ontology Term & Category Enrichment p value
GO term (GO ID)
 Biological process

  Nervous system development (GO: 0007399) 7·0E-10

  Transmission of nerve impulse (GO: 00192260) 4·2E-07
 Cellular component

  Synapse (GO: 0045202) 9·5E-06

  Ion channel complex (GO: 0034702) 6·0E-05

  Extracellular matrix (GO: 0031012) 1·6E-04

  Integral to plasma membrane (GO: 0005887) 3·7E-04

  Neuron projection (GO: 0043005) 2·4E-03

 Molecular function

  Neurotransmitter receptor activity (GO: 0030594) 1·6E-05

  Neurotransmitter binding (GO: 0030594) 2·6E-05

  Gated channel activity (GO: 0022836) 6·4E-05

  Ion channel activity (GO: 0005216) 4·3E-04

KEGG pathway (pathway ID)

  Nicotine addiction (hsa05033) 8·4E-07

  GABAergic synapse (hsa04727) 8·3E-06

  Morphine addiction (hsa05032) 8·9E-06

  Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling (hsa04723) 2·0E-05

  Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction (hsa04080) 6·6E-05

  PI3K-Akt signaling pathway (hsa04151) 1·9E-03

  ECM-receptor interaction (hsa04512) 5·8E-03

Panther pathway (pathway ID)

  Cadherin signaling pathway (P00012) 5·9E-02

  Metabotropic glutamate receptor group II pathway (P00040) 8·7E-02

  Ionotropic glutamate receptor pathway (P00037) 9·6E-02

Associated disease (Autworks: Gene-disease association analysis)

  Schizophrenia, Childhood 2·0E-03

  Waardenburg’s Syndrome 4·0E-03

  Neurotic Disorders 6·0E-03

  Epilepsy, Generalized 6·0E-03

  Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive 4·2E-02

  Autistic Disorder 4·9E-02
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Source of analysis:

Partek Genomics Suite; DAVID Bio-informational database; Ingenuity Pathway Analysis database; Autworks Gene-disease association analysis.

Abbreviations: Akt = A serine/threonine-specific protein kinase, also known as Protein kinase B; ECM = Extracellular matrix; PI3K = Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase, now known as PIK3CA.