Table 1 Enrichment of gene co-expression modules for microglia-related genes.

From: A cortical immune network map identifies distinct microglial transcriptional programs associated with β-amyloid and Tau pathologies

Module

MIcroglia enrichment P value

Number of genes in the module

Number of microglia genes in the module

AD genes

Microglia genes associated with cognitive decline

Pathways

M116

2.30E-152

224

149

TREM2, INPP5D

INPP5D, UNC13D, CMTM3, SPP1, TGFBI, RHOG, ACSL1, RPS6KA1

Positive regulation of immune response, leukocyte activation, adaptive immune response, leukocyte-mediated immunity, response to interferon-gamma

M115

8.60E-17

232

44

 

TNFRSF12A, SPATA13, SHMT1, TGIF1, ITGA5

Inflammatory response, regulation of response to wounding, cellular response to cytokine stimulus, cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, response to external biotic stimulus

M5

1.30E-14

431

58

BIN1, PVRL2

TRABD, PLXNB2, GMIP

Regulation of JUN kinase activity, regulation of adaptive immune response, leukocyte-mediated immunity, negative regulation of inflammatory response

M113

1.80E-05

313

31

CLU, SPPL2A, SQSTM1, MPZL1, ETS1

ZFP36L1

Anchoring junction, adherens junction, focal adhesion, cell-substrate adherens junction, cell-substrate junction, wound healing

M114

3.00E-05

276

28

 

SCAMP2, FCGRT, POLD1, NINJ1, COLGALT1, IRAK1, NFKBIA, TSPO

Positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity, recycling endosome membrane, cellular response to lipopolysaccharide, cellular response to molecule of bacterial origin, nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing signaling pathway

  1. The five modules are significantly enriched for microglia-related genes (P < 0.0011, Bonferroni threshold, hypergeometric test). Also listed are the genes in each module that are close to the AD SNPs in the EBI GWAS catalog, genes that are associated with cognitive decline in the ROSMAP cohort (P < 0.006, Benjamini–Hochberg threshold, linear regression) and enriched biological processes.