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. 2020 Jul 30;94(16):e00525-20. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00525-20

TABLE 5.

Selected gene pathways induced by eSFs and eECs exposed to rSP and the MV fraction from HIV-infected individualsa

Comparison Category Function annotation Activation state Z-score
rSP vs mock exposure (eEC) Cell death and survival Cell death Decreased 1.60
Cell death and survival Apoptosis Decreased 1.54
Cell signaling Replication of viral replicon Increased 1.98
Cellular movement Colony formation of cells Increased 2.42
Cellular movement Tubulation of cells Increased 1.96
rSP vs mock exposure (eSF) Cell death and survival Cell survival Increased 2.89
Cell death and survival Activation of cells Increased 2.75
Cell death and survival Cell viability Increased 2.64
Cell death and survival Chemotaxis of endothelial cells Increased 2.19
Cell death and survival Invasion of tissue Increased 2.14
Cell death and survival Cell death Decreased 2.35
Cell death and survival Necrosis Decreased 2.32
Cell death and survival Apoptosis Decreased 2.06
Cellular movement Migration of cells Increased 2.78
Cellular movement Cell movement Increased 2.74
Cellular movement Cell movement of myeloid cells Increased 2.47
Cellular movement Cell viability of endothelial cells Increased 2.10
Gene expression Binding of DNA Increased 2.28
MV fraction vs mock exposure (eSF) Cell death and survival Synthesis of prostaglandin E2 Increased 1.59
Cell death and survival Organization of cytoskeleton Decreased 2.53
Cell death and survival Growth of embryo Decreased 1.97
Cellular movement Chemotaxis of granulocytes Increased 1.78
Cellular movement Transmigration of cells Increased 1.67
a

Z-score > |1.5|. Abbreviations: eSF, endometrial stromal fibroblast; eEC, endometrial epithelial cell; MVs, microvesicles; rSP, reconstituted SP.