Table 3. Biological processes as indicated by specific Gene Ontology Id’s most highly associated with variable mRNA within RNAgard^® and PAXgene^®RNA preservation methods.

GO Term
RNAgard®	Gene Count	FDR
GO:0006955~immune response	52	3.3E-06
GO:0006952~defense response	48	5.2E-06
GO:0009615~response to virus	18	4.0E-05
GO:0006954~inflammatory response	25	7.8E-02
GO:0009617~response to bacterium	18	1.2E-01
GO:0002831~regulation of response to biotic stimulus	7	3.2E-01
GO:0045087~innate immune response	14	4.4E-01
GO:0055066~di-, tri-valent inorganic cation homeostasis	19	5.5E-01
GO:0006916~anti-apoptosis	17	8.2E-01
GO:0030005~cellular di-, tri-valent inorganic cation homeostasis	18	8.4E-01
PAXgene®RNA
GO:0006955~immune response	92	1.2E-25
GO:0006952~defense response	71	2.3E-15
GO:0006954~inflammatory response	40	3.8E-08
GO:0009615~response to virus	23	4.6E-08
GO:0009611~response to wounding	50	1.2E-06
GO:0055066~di-, tri-valent inorganic cation homeostasis	28	1.8E-04
GO:0030005~cellular di-, tri-valent inorganic cation homeostasis	27	2.3E-04
GO:0009897~external side of plasma membrane	23	3.1E-04
GO:0048584~positive regulation of response to stimulus	27	5.0E-04
GO:0001775~cell activation	30	6.6E-04

Top 10 enrichment GO terms for genes within each platform with top 5% mean within individual variance using the DAVID annotation tool with gene count and FDR derived from the tool are listed here [11, 17].