Table 2 Top 10 most overrepresented KEGG pathways for the DEGs.

From: Identification of novel genes and pathways in carotid atheroma using integrated bioinformatic methods

Pathway id

Pathway name

Count

P-value

Adjusted

p-value

Up-regulated DEGs

path:04662

B cell receptor signaling pathway

14

0

0

path:04650

Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity

14

8.88178E-16

6.94556E-13

path:04664

Fc epsilon RI signaling pathway

11

2.87992E-13

9.65184E-11

path:04062

Chemokine signaling pathway

18

1.55209E-12

3.64121E-10

path:04380

Osteoclast differentiation

12

2.35412E-12

4.6023E-10

path:04666

Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis

10

5.50975E-11

8.07867E-09

path:04810

Regulation of actin cytoskeleton

12

1.0021E-09

1.17546E-07

path:05144

Malaria

6

1.90164E-08

1.71586E-06

path:04670

Leukocyte transendothelial migration

7

2.39578E-08

2.00732E-06

path:04610

Complement and coagulation cascades

8

7.67467E-08

5.00133E-06

Down-regulated DEGs

path:04350

TGF-beta signaling pathway

4

0.0000639

0.075854499

path:04713

Circadian entrainment

5

0.000112157

0.075854499

path:04728

Dopaminergic synapse

6

0.000272488

0.109483429

path:04020

Calcium signaling pathway

8

0.000326677

0.109483429

path:04724

Glutamatergic synapse

6

0.00056299

0.146752804

path:04540

Gap junction

4

0.000822902

0.154822692

path:04723

Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling

3

0.000923945

0.154822692

path:04270

Vascular smooth muscle contraction

4

0.000934306

0.154822692

path:04730

Long-term depression

4

0.001055909

0.154822692

path:00380

Tryptophan metabolism

3

0.001142806

0.154862355

  1. Count: the number of differentially expressed genes; P-value was obtained by hypergeometric test; P-value was adjusted by Benjamini-Hochberg method. If the p-value is less than 2.2E-16 in R tool, it will be automatically changed to 0 and FDR should also be 0.