Table 2 Blood-based significantly differentially expressed genes (p ≤ 0.05) between MDD-S and MDD-NS, the corresponding q value after FDR correction (Q ≤ 0.1 are in bold), and fold change in MDD-S relative to MDD-NS.

From: Identification of potential blood biomarkers associated with suicide in major depressive disorder

Gene

Mean (Control)

Mean (MDD-NS)

Mean (MDD-S)

p (MDD-S vs. MDD-NS)

q value (MDD-S vs. MDD-NS)

FC (MDD-S vs. MDD-NS)

FC direction

PER3

6.862

6.226

7.395

0.0009

0.0617

2.650

UP

MTPAP

6.824

6.628

7.377

0.002

0.030

1.801

UP

SLC25A26

6.834

6.815

7.945

0.006

0.062

2.119

UP

CD19

6.927

6.101

7.246

0.008

0.050

1.901

UP

SOX9

4.079

4.493

3.457

0.009

0.050

−2.0994

DOWN

GAR1

6.209

6.227

6.734

0.009

0.130

1.436

UP

CREB1

9.292

9.118

9.755

0.015

0.050

1.609

UP

CD6

8.542

7.553

8.984

0.020

0.050

2.346

UP

TERF1

8.445

8.106

8.667

0.023

0.067

1.411

UP

POT1

6.624

6.886

7.403

0.034

0.051

1.484

UP

PER2

5.156

4.774

5.541

0.041

0.207

1.871

UP

GPR37

4.513

4.600

3.996

0.043

0.067

−1.571

DOWN

MTHFR

8.928

8.673

9.034

0.045

0.130

1.408

UP

NR3C1

9.315

9.465

10.435

0.049

0.067

1.898

UP

  1. MDD-S major depressive disorder—suicide, MDD-NS major depressive disorder—non-suicide, FC fold-change, FDR false discovery rate.