Table 4 List of significant KEGG pathways (FDR<0.05) for PTSD and MDD among the top 100 CpG sites

From: An epigenome-wide DNA methylation study of PTSD and depression in World Trade Center responders

Pathway

N

DE

FDR

Genes

PTSD

 cGMP-PKG signaling pathway

167

5

0.000481

ADCY3;MEF2C;NFATC1;PIK3R2;CACNA1D

 Oxytocin signaling pathway

158

5

0.000481

ADCY3;MEF2C;NFATC1;PIK3R2;CACNA1D

 AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications

101

4

0.000917

FIGF;NFATC1;PIK3R2;TGFB3

 MAPK signaling pathway

254

5

0.002

MEF2C;NFATC1;RPS6KA2;TGFB3;CACNA1D

 Pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis

18

2

0.00771

PANK4;BCAT1

 cAMP signaling pathway

200

4

0.00771

ADCY3;NFATC1;PIK3R2;CACNA1D

 Focal adhesion

200

4

0.00771

COL9A3;FIGF;PIK3R2;TNXB

 Progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation

89

3

0.00771

ADCY3;PIK3R2;RPS6KA2

 Dilated cardiomyopathy

89

3

0.00868

ADCY3;TGFB3;CACNA1D

 Osteoclast differentiation

125

3

0.00906

CTSK;NFATC1;PIK3R2

 HTLV-I infection

255

4

0.00906

ADCY3;NFATC1;PIK3R2;TGFB3

 Insulin resistance

109

3

0.00975

PIK3R2;RPS6KA2;OGT

 Cholinergic synapse

111

3

0.015

ADCY3;PIK3R2;CACNA1D

 Hepatitis B

135

3

0.0159

NFATC1;PIK3R2;TGFB3

 PI3K-Akt signaling pathway

324

4

0.0176

COL9A3;FIGF;PIK3R2;TNXB

 Adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes

148

3

0.0188

ADCY3;PIK3R2;CACNA1D

 Carbohydrate digestion and absorption

41

2

0.0188

PIK3R2;CACNA1D

 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

63

2

0.033

NFATC1;TGFB3

 Pathways in cancer

396

4

0.0354

ADCY3;FIGF;PIK3R2;TGFB3

 Rap1 signaling pathway

212

3

0.0411

ADCY3;FIGF;PIK3R2

 Rheumatoid arthritis

85

2

0.0411

CTSK;TGFB3

 Protein digestion and absorption

84

2

0.0479

COL9A3;COL27A1

 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

83

2

0.0489

TGFB3;CACNA1D

MDD

 Phosphatidylinositol signaling system

99

3

0.0425

INPP5D;DGKZ;MTMR2

 Cell cycle

124

3

0.0425

MCM2;RAD21;TGFB3

  1. Abbreviations: FDR, false discovery rate; MDD, major depressive disorder; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder. These pathways were also significant when we considered top 150 to 500 CpG sites (increment of 50 CpG sites). N is the size of the pathway, DE is the number of genes in our list overlapping with the pathway, Genes is the list of overlapping genes.