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. 2017 Sep 27;217(1):134–146. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix519

Table 3.

Characteristics of the Selected Significant Coexpressed Network Modules of Severe and Nonsevere Group in NP Swabs and Blood

Group Sample Type WGCNA Module Selected Correlation of Gene Expression With Phase of Infections and DOI Correlation of Gene Expression With Severity and RSV Load Top 3 GO- Functional Enrichment Pathway
Severe NP Turquoise Negative Positive Immune response, immune system process, defense response
Brown Negative Positive Immune response, immune system process, defense response, innate immune response
Dark-turquoise Negative Positive Immune system process, immune response, T-cell aggregation
Green Positive Negative Regulation of signal transduction, enzyme- linked receptor protein signaling pathway
Blood Floral-white Negative Positive Response to type I interferon, cellular response to type I interferon, innate immune response
Black Negative Positive Immune system process, response to stress, defense response
Light-pink4 Negative Positive Vesicle-mediated transport, Toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway, endomembrane system organization
Nonsevere NP Blue Positive Negative Cilium morphogenesis, cilium assembly, cilium organization
Yellow Positive Negative Oxoacid metabolic process, carboxylic acid metabolic process, organic acid metabolic process
Royal-blue Positive Negative Mitotic cell cycle, cell cycle
Blood Turquoise Positive Negative Heme metabolic process, heme biosynthesis process, locomotion
Antique-white4 Positive Negative Endothelial cell-cell adhesion, leukotriene metabolic process

Abbreviations: DOI, day of illness; GO, gene ontology; NP, nasopharyngeal swabs; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; WGCNA, weighted gene coexpression network analysis.