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. 2018 Mar 29;8:5351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21937-2

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Healthy livers are a critical reference group for identifying differentially regulated immune cell types and pathways in HCC. (A) A gene set enrichment analysis was performed to detect coordinated changes of gene expression in gene sets of immune cell type-specific marker genes. Three inter-group comparisons were performed (HCC-T vs. HCC-NT; HCC-T vs. HL; HCC-NT vs. HL). Colour intensity reflects the log10 transformed p-value from the enrichment analysis. Magenta colour indicates higher expression compared to the reference group while cyan colour indicates weaker expression compared to the reference group. (B,C) Selected immune pathways from an IPA® on the three major inter-group comparisons (B) activated pathways shared by HCC-T and HCC-NT; (C) pathways activated in either HCC-T or HCC-NT).