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. 2017 Jul 11;25(4):523–539. doi: 10.1177/1933719117716779

Table 2.

Differentially Methylated Genes and the Enriched Gene Networks.a

Comparison #DMR #Differentially Methylated Genes Top Major Networks (Significance Score = −log10[P value])
IUGR vs AGA 1015 191
  • Cell-to-cell signaling and interaction, cellular assembly and organization, nervous system development and function (52)

  • Connective tissue disorders, dermatological diseases and conditions, hereditary disorder (37)

  • Cell-to-cell signaling and interaction, cellular assembly and organization, nervous system development and function (37)

  • Lipid metabolism, small molecule biochemistry, cell-to-cell signaling and interaction, cellular assembly and organization, nervous system development and function (33)

  • Cardiac hypoplasia, cardiovascular disease, developmental disorder (32)

LGA vs AGA 906 171
  • Connective tissue disorders, dermatological diseases and conditions, hereditary disorder (38)

  • Cancer, organismal injury and abnormalities, reproductive system disease (37)

  • Connective tissue development and function, embryonic development, organ development (32)

  • Connective tissue disorders, inflammatory disease, skeletal and muscular disorders (32)

  • Cellular assembly and organization, cellular function and maintenance, cell death, and survival (32)

LGA vs IUGR 1022 172
  • Cell morphology, cellular assembly, and organization, cancer (42)

  • Neurological disease, cell morphology, organismal injury, and abnormalities (33)

  • Nervous system development and function, tissue morphology, embryonic development (31)

  • Connective tissue disorders, dermatological diseases and conditions, behavior (31)

  • Small molecule biochemistry, cancer, neurological disease (31)

Abbreviations: AGA, appropriate for gestational age; DMR, differentially methylated region; IL10, interleukin 10; IUGR, intrauterine growth restriction; LGA, large for gestational age.

aThe number of DMR and DMR genes found between each comparison group and the top major networks represented by those DMR.