Table 3.

Top20 genes selected by the early merging strategy (first three columns) and late merging approach (last three columns) in group 1 (neurological tissues)

Gene Symbol	t-statistic	logFC (range)	Gene Symbol	t-statistic	logFC (range)
Rsad2*	41.074	5.93 − 7.72	Cd274*	14.794	5.11 − 6.34
Cxcl10*	36.524	6.30 − 8.36	Casp4	14.550	1.46 − 5.62
Cd274*	35.208	5.11 − 6.34	Ccl7	14.524	1.47 − 6.37
Ifi47	34.309	4.33 − 5.78	Samd9l*	14.360	2.83 − 4.28
Oasl2*	34.289	4.57 − 6.31	Rsad2*	14.281	5.93 − 7.72
H2-M3*	34.156	2.69 − 3.52	H2-M3*	14.113	2.69 − 3.52
Igtp	33.100	4.67 − 6.34	Cxcl10*	14.091	6.30 − 8.36
Usp18	33.080	4.46 − 6.25	Ifi207	13.920	3.54 − 4.77
Trim30a	32.723	4.18 − 5.44	Trim25*	13.915	2.40 − 3.19
Gbp3	32.571	3.76 − 5.34	Ccl3	13.882	3.54 − 6.74
Trim25*	32.195	2.40 − 3.19	Trim21*	13.863	2.88 − 3.75
Serpina3g	31.434	4.55 − 5.53	Cfb	13.846	2.32 − 6.12
Ifit3	30.856	4.17 − 6.23	Isg20	13.840	1.58 − 4.35
B2m	30.582	2.37 − 3.62	Ifi27l2a	13.821	1.58 − 6.44
Batf2	30.384	3.13 − 4.17	Irgm1	13.757	3.57 − 5.34
Phf11d	30.049	3.61 − 5.72	Rtp4	13.751	1.92 − 4.38
Tlr2	29.989	3.40 − 4.69	Irf1	13.697	2.53 − 4.13
Trim21*	29.758	2.88 − 3.75	Oasl2*	13.677	4.57 − 6.31
Samd9l*	28.802	2.83 − 4.28	Rgs1	13.610	2.77 − 5.48
Ifit2	28.146	4.28 − 5.95	AA467197	13.595	4.46 − 6.30

Gene were ranked by their t-statistic since the permutation p-values did not provide sufficient precision. For each ranked list the range of logFCs of the individual studies are given. Eight genes, flagged by *, occurred in both lists