Table 1 Top 20 differentially expressed genes identified by NanoString analyses in PBMCs obtained the day-of-surgery (DOS) and at 24 h after surgery (POD1) from 5 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty for knee osteoarthritis, with Log2 fold-change > 1.5 and p < 0.05.

2.59

1.57

3.61

0.00109

2.53

2.1

2.96

2.99E−06

2.45

1.59

3.32

0.000531

2.34

1.99

2.69

1.07E−06

2.29

1.56

3.03

0.000288

2.13

1.61

2.66

4.60E−05

2.04

1.22

2.85

0.0012

2.01

1.53

2.49

3.74E−05

1.89

1.55

2.22

4.01E−06

1.88

1.38

2.38

7.89E−05

1.8

1.29

2.31

0.000123

1.78

1.44

2.12

7.30E−06

1.69

1.31

2.07

2.38E−05

1.67

1.15

2.2

0.000252

1.65

1.23

2.08

5.88E−05

1.64

1.16

2.12

0.000163

1.64

1.08

2.19

0.000426

1.58

1.11

2.05

0.000164

1.55

0.963

2.13

0.000829