Table 1 Active pathways in asthmatic HBECs compared to healthy HBEC at baseline.

From: Mechanical forces induce an asthma gene signature in healthy airway epithelial cells

 

Pathway

adj. p-valuea (Bonferroni)

genes in pathway

1

Integrin cell surface interaction

4.25E-05

COL4A2, ICAM1, COL4A1, LAMA1, ITGB6, THBS1, TNC, VCAM1, FN1

2

Cytokine- cytokine- receptor interaction

1.70E-04

CXCL8, IL1B, CCL2, TNFRSF9, CXCL3, CXCL5, IL6, IFNE, TNFSF14, TNFSF15, CSF1, BMP2, TNFRSF10C, CCL20

3

Class A1 Rhodopsin receptor interaction

4.74E-03

CCL2, CXCL3, CXCL8, HTR7, S1PR1, AGT, EDNRA, MTNR1A, GPR68, CXCL5, S1PR3, NPBWR1, CCL20

4

Platelet amyloid precursor protein pathway

6.39E-03

SERPINE1, COL4A2, PLAT, COL4A1

5

ECM receptor interaction

1.18E-02

COL4A2, FN1, COL4A1, LAMA1, ITGB6, THBS1, TNC

6

Extracellular matrix organization

1.49E-02

COL4A2, COL4A1, MMP2, TLL2, MMP7, MMP17, COL22A1

7

local acute inflammatory response pathway

1.49E-02

VCAM1, CXCL8, ICAM1, IL6

8

Transport of glucose and other sugars, bile, salts, acids, metal ion, and amine compounds

1.73E-02

SLC22A3, SLC13A5, SLC39A8, SLC2A3, RHCG, SLC39A2, SLC6A12

9

GPCR ligand binding

2.24E-02

CCL2, CXCL3, CXCL8, HTR7, S1PR1, AGT, ENDRA, FZD7, MTNR1A, GPR68, CXCL5, S1PR3, NPBWR1, CCL20

10

Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein pathway

3.99E-02

C1S, C1R, CFB, C4A

  1. aAdjusted p-value: p-value was calculated using the Fisher exact test and adjustment was done using Bonferroni correction.