Fig. 1.

Volcano map analysis of the upregulated and downregulated genes in the stable and unstable carotid plaques in the three datasets

A. 1575 DEGs, including 680 upregulated and 875 downregulated DEGs, were identified in the unstable plaques compared with the stable plaques in the GSE41571 dataset. B. 760 DEGs were screened, with 471 upregulated and 289 downregulated in the GSE118481 dataset. C. 1186 DEGs were identified, with 619 upregulated and 567 downregulated in the E-MTAB-2055 dataset. D. 14 upregulated DEGs were identified after merging the three datasets. E. Two downregulated DEGs were identified after merging the three datasets. DEGs, differentially expressed genes