Table 3 Identification of over-represented gene categories

From: Gene expression profiling of noninvasive primary urothelial tumours using microarrays

Gene category a

EASE score

Analysis of 230 differentially expressed genes in Ta tumours compared to normal bladder

 Protein folding

3.28E-04

 Alcohol metabolism

2.44E-03

 mRNA splicing

2.58E-03

 Energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds

3.75E-03

 Energy pathways

4.19E-03

 RNA splicing

6.15E-03

 Glucose catabolism

8.59E-03

 Obsolete biological process

8.66E-03

 Main pathways of carbohydrate metabolism

8.71E-03

 Lipid metabolism

8.73E-03

 Hexose catabolism

1.32E-02

 Alcohol catabolism

1.32E-02

 Monosaccharide catabolism

1.32E-02

 Catecholamine metabolism

1.62E-02

Analysis of 86 candidate informative genes expressed in high-grade Ta tumours compared to PUNLMP/low-grade tumours

 RNA processing

1.46E-03

 RNA metabolism

2.29E-03

 RNA modification

3.54E-03

 Protein-nucleus importdocking

4.60E-03

 Nucleoside monophosphate metabolism

5.16E-03

 Nucleoside monophosphate biosynthesis

5.16E-03

 Protein-nucleus import

5.89E-03

 DNA metabolism

1.22E-02

 Nucleocytoplasmic transport

2.07E-02

 Regulation of cell cycle

2.79E-02

  1. aAnnotated within GO biological process.