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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Free Radic Biol Med. 2017 Sep 22;113:84–96. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.09.019

Table 1.

Top Upstream Regulators and Molecular and Cellular Functions of Gene Expression Changes in GSH-Deficient Lenses.

LEGSKO Epithelia BSO-Treated LEGSKO Epithelia LEGSKO Fiber Cells BSO-Treated LEGSKO Fiber Cells
Upstream Regulators (p-value)

HSF4(5.32E-09) HSF4(2.84E-10) STIM1(4.23E-05) HSF4(1.98E-08)
MAF(2.76E-06) MAF(1.52E-07) FGF1(5.56E-05) MAF(2.31E-07)
GLUL(3.47E-06) ANGPT2(7.22E-04) NRF2(1.14E-04) MAP2K1/2(1.67E-06)
MKNK1(3.89E-05) ORC4(9.44E-04) SOD1(2.79E-04) GNA12(1.67E-06)
BDNF(2.84E-04) ORC3(9.44E-04) SQSTM1(3.60E-04) APP(1.78E-06)

Molecular and Cellular Functions (p-value range)

Amino Acid Metabolism (1.82E-02 – 9.84E-06) Cell Morphology (4.35E-02 – 7.47E-04) Carbohydrate Metabolism (1.60E-02 – 2.42E-06) Post-Translational Modification (4.93E-09 - 4.93E-09)
Post-Translational Modification (5.50E-03 – 9.84E-06) Cellular Assembly and Organization (4.35E-02 – 8.47E-04) Small Molecule Biochemistry (4.71E-02 – 2.42E-06) Protein Degradation (4.93E-09 - 4.93E-09)
Small Molecule Biochemistry (4.67E-02 – 9.84E-06) Cellular Compromise (3.99E-02 – 8.47E-04) Vitamin and Mineral Metabolism (4.60E-03 – 2.42E-06) Free Radical Scavenging (7.75E-03 – 9.15E-07)
Cellular Assembly and Organization (3.96E-02 – 5.50E-04) Cellular Development (4.49E-02 – 8.47E-04) Drug Metabolism (9.19E-03 – 4.28E-06) DNA Replication, Recombination, and Repair (7.75E-03 – 3.79E-06)
Cellular Function and Maintenance (4.14E-02 – 5.50E-04) Cellular Function and Maintenance (4.49E-02 – 8.47E-04) Protein Synthesis (9.19E-03 – 4.28E-06) Cell Morphology (1.03E-02 – 5.15E-06)