Table 4 Enriched pathways among the top 1494 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from the DESeq2 analysis of healthy mucosa from control vs non-polyp mucosa from patient with CRSwNP.

From: Transcriptomics unravels molecular changes associated with cilia and COVID-19 in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

KEGG—pathways

Number of hits

Expected score

Adjusted p-value

Herpes simplex virus 1 infection (Genes pcorr < 0.05, n = 3863)

103

29.69

4.33 × 10–19

Herpes simplex virus 1 infection (Genes pcorr < 0.01, n = 1494)

44

11.48

1.46 × 10–09

Protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum

27

6.11

1.17 × 10–06

Cell cycle

21

4.72

4.50 × 10–05

Systemic lupus erythematosus

20

5.24

5.72 × 10–04

WikiPathways

Cell Cycle

21

4.55

8.88 × 10–05

Circadian rhythm related genes

23

7.58

0.005

PANTHER—pathways

N/A

   

Reactome—pathways

Generic Transcription Pathway

36

7.02

1.86 × 10–10

HATs acetylate histones

29

5.85

4.94 × 10–08

Estrogen-dependent gene expression

28

5.68

7.87 × 10–08

Meiotic recombination

22

3.55

1.57 × 10–07

Cell marker/cell types

Natural killer T (NKT) cell (4557)

377

171.92

2.35 × 10–45

Meiotic prophase fetal germ cell (1038)

86

41.12

2.50 × 10–07

Neural progenitor cell (175)

27

7.02

4.24 × 10–06

SLC16A7 + cell (988)

72

36.09

1.69 × 10–05

Mitotic arrest phase fetal germ cell (951)

69

37.17

2.69 × 10–04

Naive CD8 + T cell (93)

14

3.47

0.003

  1. Analyzed using GeneTrail 3.030. p-values adjusted using the Benjamini-yekutieli method.
  2. (Genes p-value adjusted < 0.01, n = 1494).
  3. Significant values are in bold.