Table 4 Gene set enrichment analysis of significant methylation differences associated with AD Braak stage identified in meta-analysis using Wallenius’ noncentral hypergeometric test which adjusted for different number of CpGs associated with each gene.

From: Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of DNA methylation differences in prefrontal cortex implicates the immune processes in Alzheimer’s disease

Gene Set

Description

P-value

FDR

GO:0002684

Positive regulation of immune system process

4.00E−07

2.94E−04

GO:0022409

Positive regulation of cell–cell adhesion

3.88E−10

1.96E−06

GO:0030217

T cell differentiation

3.32E−06

1.99E−03

GO:0050863

Regulation of T cell activation

1.35E−07

1.62E−04

GO:0050870

Positive regulation of T cell activation

4.89E−07

3.27E−04

GO:0043312

Neutrophil degranulation

5.28E−05

1.97E−02

GO:0030097

Hemopoiesis

1.10E−07

1.39E−04

GO:0006952

Defense response

1.57E−07

1.78E−04

GO:0098609

Cell–cell adhesion

3.23E−07

2.72E−04

GO:0097530

Granulocyte migration

7.42E−05

2.68E−02

GO:0002523

Leukocyte migration involved in inflammatory response

2.54E−06

1.56E−03

GO:0002573

Myeloid leukocyte differentiation

3.76E−06

2.05E−03

GO:0002429

Immune response-activating cell surface receptor signaling pathway

1.55E−05

7.21E−03

GO:0006909

Phagocytosis

5.32E−06

2.75E−03

GO:0071706

Tumor necrosis factor superfamily cytokine production

1.07E−04

3.69E−02

GO:0098883

Synapse pruning

3.42E−05

1.41E−02

GO:0045123

Cellular extravasation

5.37E−05

1.97E−02

GO:0016477

Cell migration

7.73E−05

2.75E−02

GO:0050854

Regulation of antigen receptor-mediated signaling pathway

1.29E−04

4.38E−02

KEGG:hsa04640

Hematopoietic cell lineage

1.55E−04

3.96E−02

KEGG:hsa04145

Phagosome

3.01E−04

3.96E−02

KEGG:hsa04060

Cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction

3.53E−04

3.96E−02

KEGG:hsa04062

Chemokine signaling pathway

5.87E−04

4.95E−02

  1. Shown are gene ontology or KEGG database ID (Gene Set), a description of the pathway (Description), and significance assessment (P-value, FDR).