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. 2022 Jul 26;13:4233. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31707-4

Fig. 3. Proteome analysis of control and geographic atrophy RPE cells.

Fig. 3

a Schematic representation of respiratory chain complexes showing proteins that were significantly upregulated in geographic atrophy. Illustration adapted from “Electron Transport Chain”, by BioRender.com (2022). Retrieved from https://app.biorender.com/biorender-templates. b Representation of enriched biological processes (Gene Ontology) related to mitochondrial function identified using STRING analysis, yellow circles depict downregulated proteins in geographic atrophy. cg Entire local network clustering (STRING) with enriched pathways for oxidative phosphorylation (c); hormone metabolic process (d); lipid biosynthesis (e), cholesterol metabolism (f), and gluconeogenesis (g). Significantly upregulated proteins in geographic atrophy are highlighted in blue; downregulated depicted in yellow. STRING networks were generated using Biological Process (GO) or KEGG data obtained from analysis of the most significantly up- and downregulated proteins from the proteomic screen (Supplementary Data 1). h Annotated volcano plot of the 25 most significantly differentially expressed proteins (based on combined P value and fold-change criteria). Upregulated proteins in geographic atrophy are shown in red, and downregulated proteins in blue. Statistical significance established using two-tailed t tests. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.