Table 1 The list of the significantly altered PPI networks and their related top diseases and functions analysed employing the Ingenuity Pathways Analysis software in DES subgroups compared to CTRL.

From: Proteomics analysis of human tears from aqueous-deficient and evaporative dry eye patients

Groups

Increment

Decrement

Score

Focus molecules

Top diseases and functions

DRYlip vs. CTRL

IGHA1, SCGB1D1, SCGB2A1

ALB, CSTB, HP, IGHG1, KRT1, KRT9, KRT10, ORM2, SERPINA1

30

12

Dermatological diseases and conditions, developmental disorders

A2M, ENO1, IGLL1/IGLL5, LCN2

AKR1A1, ANXA2, GDI2, HP, HSPB1, SERPINB1, ZG16B

27

11

Digestive system development and function

DRYaq vs. CTRL

ALB, ANXA1, ANXA5, CFH, GC, GSN, HP, IGHG1, IGHG2, MDH1, ORM1, ORM2, PFN1, PPIA, S00A8, S100A9, SERPINA1, TF, TTR

ACTB, CLU, HSPA1A/HSPA1B, HSPG2, IGHA1, KRT1, KRT9, S100A9, ZG16B

71

28

Cellular movement, immune cell trafficking, metabolic disease

A2M, ASS1, CSTB, FABP5, FBP1, GLOD4, PIGR

CTSB, DMBT1, HSPB1, IGHA2, LACRT, PKM, PRR4, SCGB1D1

31

15

Hereditary disorder, neurological disease, organismal injury and abnormalities

AKR1C1/AKR1C2, ALDH3A1, ANXA3, ENO1, GSTP1, PARK7, PEBP1, PGK1, PRDX1, SFN

ALDH1A1, AZGP1, TCN1

26

13

Small molecule biochemistry, cancer, endocrine system disorders

DRYaqlip vs. CTRL

ALB, ANXA1, CFH, IGHG1, IGHG2, ITIH4, ORM1, PARK7, PIGR, RBP4, S100A8, S100A), S100A11, TF, TPI1, YWHAZ

AZGP1, CLU, DMBT1, HSPG2, IGHA1, KRT1, KRT9, KRT10, LTF, LYZ, MDH1, TCN1

73

29

Antimicrobial response, inflammatory response, humoral immune response

A2M, ALDOA, ANXA2, ANXA5, CSTB, ENO1, GSN, GSTP1, PFN1, PPIA, SERPINB1, SFN, TGM2

ACTB, CTSB, HSPB1, PGK1

36

17

Cellular movement, inflammatory response, neurological disease

AKR1A1, FABP5, GLOD4, PEBP1, PRDX1

CST4, LACRT, LYZ, PKM, PRR4, SCGB1D1, SCGB2A1, ZG16B

25

13

Carbohydrate metabolism, small molecule biochemistry, cardiovascular disease