Table 4 Top pathways in pooled meta-analysis with most significant enrichment for ADHD case CNV hits among CNVs >500 kb

From: Psychiatric gene discoveries shape evidence on ADHD’s biology

Pathway name

Pathway ID

# Genes

P

q-value

P (minus best)a

IL6-mediated signalling events

NCI:62

82

1.33 × 10−11

9.17 × 10−8

0.256

TGF-β receptor signalling

NCI:95

44

4.90 × 10−11

1.69 × 10−7

0.508

Defence response to virus

GO:51607

147

7.02 × 10−8

1.62 × 10−4

0.31

Respiratory electron transport

REACT:1019

81

1.98 × 10 −7

3.41 × 10 −4

0.02

Organonitrogen compound catabolic process

GO:1901565

893

9.08 × 10 −7

1.05 × 10 −3

3.13 × 10 −5

Transmembrane transporter activity

GO:22857

902

9.10 × 10 −7

1.05 × 10 −3

8.85 × 10 −4

Citric acid (TCA) cycle and respiratory electron transport

REACT:1240

118

1.16 × 10−6

1.15 × 10−3

0.057

Carbohydrate derivative catabolic process

GO:1901136

747

2.19 × 10 −6

1.61 × 10 −3

3.34 × 10 −4

Ligand-gated ion channel activity

GO:15276

136

2.33 × 10 −6

1.61 × 10 −3

3.41 × 10 −4

Methyltransferase activity

GO:8168

201

3.19 × 10 −6

2.00 × 10 −3

0.022

Small thymus

MGI:706

199

4.15−10−6

2.39 × 10−3

0.488

Transmembrane transport

GO:55085

1124

5.22 × 10 −6

2.44 × 10 −3

0.0028

Ion-gated channel activity

GO:22839

300

5.29 × 10 −6

2.44 × 10 −3

4.18 × 10 −4

  1. Abbreviations: ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; CNV, copy number variant; GO, Gene Ontology; IL, interleukin; MGI, Mouse Genome Informatics; TCA, tricarboxylic acid; TGF, transforming growth factor.
  2. Pathways that are robustly enriched (that is, those with P (minus best)<0.05) are shown in bold.
  3. aP-value for pathway enrichment after omitting the most significant sample.