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. 2020 Mar 17;11(2):e00047-20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00047-20

TABLE 2.

Top 40 genes with greatest fold changes in LD subjects relative to healthy donors

Gene symbol(s) Gene title(s) Entrez gene(s) Fold change
Acute 1 mo 6 mo
DEFA1/DEF1B/DEF3A Defensin, alpha 1/defensin, alpha
1B/defensin, alpha 3, neutrophil specific
1667/1668/728358 5.21 3.73 3.24
LCN2 Lipocalin 2 3934 3.95 2.59 1.00
FCGR3B Fc fragment of IgG, low-affinity IIIb,
receptor (CD16b)
2215 3.86 2.67 –1.07
MYL9 Myosin, light chain 9, regulatory 10398 3.42 2.35 –1.74
FCGR1A Fc fragment of IgG, high-affinity Ia,
receptor (CD64)
2209 3.34 1.38 1.25
CLU Clusterin 1191 3.12 2.06 –1.76
RRM2 Ribonucleotide reductase M2 6241 3.06 1.29 –1.27
GMPR Guanosine monophosphate reductase 2766 2.88 2.03 –1.15
IGHM Immunoglobulin heavy constant mu 3507 2.84 2.05 –1.71
PF4 Platelet factor 4 5196 2.83 2.56 –1.27
SPARC Secreted protein, acidic, cysteine-rich
(osteonectin)
6678 2.77 2.09 –1.45
PPBP Pro-platelet basic protein (chemokine
[C-X-C motif] ligand 7)
5473 2.82 2.48 –1.22
C21orf7 Chromosome 21 open reading frame 7 56911 2.70 2.41 –1.27
TNFSF10 Tumor necrosis factor (ligand)
superfamily, member 10
8743 2.77 1.87 1.43
HSPA6/HSPA7 Heat shock 70-kDa protein 6/heat shock
70-kDa protein 7
3310/3311 2.76 2.12 1.25
C6orf25 Chromosome 6 open reading frame 25 80739 2.75 2.06 –1.17
HIST1H2BK Histone cluster 1, H2bk 85236 2.74 2.11 –1.67
MYL9 Myosin, light-chain 9, regulatory 10398 2.72 1.86 –1.45
CXCR2/CXCR2P1 Chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor
2/chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 2
pseudogene 1
3579/3580 2.72 1.87 –1.12
FCGR1B Fc fragment of IgG, high-affinity 1b,
receptor (CD64)
2210 2.70 1.23 –1.06
SLC25A37 Solute carrier family 25, member 37 51312 2.68 1.88 –1.29
GBP1 Guanylate binding protein 1, interferon
inducible, 67 kDa
2633 2.68 1.80 1.56
HP Haptoglobin 3240 2.68 1.32 1.07
AIM2 Absent in melanoma 2 9447 2.67 2.19 1.42
CA2 Carbonic anhydrase II 760 2.63 2.41 –1.18
HIST1H2AG Histone cluster 1, H2ag 8969 2.62 2.16 1.37
PTGS1 Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 1
(prostaglandin G/H synthase and
cyclooxygenase)
5742 2.61 2.15 –1.01
THBS1 Thrombospondin 1 7057 –4.30 –5.64 1.49
IL8 Interleukin 8 3576 –3.44 –3.88 1.79
EGR1 Early growth response 1 1958 –3.40 −2.87 1.14
G0S2 G0/G1 switch 2 50486 –3.10 –3.77 1.02
PPP1CB Protein phosphatase 1, catalytic subunit,
beta isozyme
5500 –3.02 −2.71 −1.04
NR4A2 Nuclear receptor subfamily 4, group A,
member 2
4926 −2.80 –2.85 1.16
HBEGF Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor 1839 –2.96 –3.46 1.15
RGS1 Regulator of G-protein signaling 1 5996 –2.94 –2.70 1.12
EPPK1 Epiplakin 1 83481 –2.94 –2.44 −1.22
TNFAIP3 Tumor necrosis factor, alpha-induced
protein 3
7128 –2.79 –2.51 1.08
NAMPT Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase 10135 –2.75 –3.98 1.84
CD69 CD69 molecule 969 –2.67 –2.50 −1.04
CD83 CD83 molecule 9308 −2.67 −2.50 1.29