Table 2 Pathways (q-value < 0.05) for interaction between PCBs and WBCs in all females and all males (transcriptomics approach, FDR < 0.05).

From: Identification of Sex-Specific Transcriptome Responses to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Names

Elements

Cancer related pathways

Females PCB153 Monocytes Females PCB156 Monocytes Females PCB170 Monocytes

Platelet degranulation

 

Response to elevated platelet cytosolic Ca2+

 

Platelet activation, signaling and aggregation

 

Hemostasis

 

Females PCB118 B-cell Females PCB153 B-cell

Regulation of cytoplasmic and nuclear SMAD2/3 signaling

X

Females PCB118 B-cell

miR-targeted genes in muscle cell - TarBase

 

Signaling by Hedgehog

X

HH-Ncore

 

Females PCB153 B-cell

Regulation of nuclear SMAD2/3 signaling

X

Antiviral mechanism by IFN-stimulated genes

 

Inositol Metabolism

 

Unfolded Protein Response (UPR)

 

tgf beta signaling pathway

X

ISG15 antiviral mechanism

 

Females PCB156 Monocytes

mcalpain and friends in cell motility

 

Females PCB170 Monocytes

Formation of Fibrin Clot (Clotting Cascade)

 

ADP signalling through P2Y purinoceptor 12

 

Common Pathway of Fibrin Clot Formation

 

Males PCB156 B-cell

Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling - Homo sapiens (human)

 

Males PCB170 B-cell

BDNF signaling pathway

 

Males PCB180 B-cell

Pathways in cancer - Homo sapiens (human)

X

Males PCB153 B-cell

Angiogenesis

X

Males PCB156 B-cell

Males PCB156 B-cell

Ca2 + pathway

 

Proteoglycans in cancer - Homo sapiens (human)

X

Circadian entrainment - Homo sapiens (human)

 

G-protein activation

X

Opioid Signalling

 

G Protein Signaling Pathways

X

GABAergic synapse - Homo sapiens (human)

 

Signaling by Wnt

X

Morphine addiction - Homo sapiens (human)

 

Choline metabolism in cancer - Homo sapiens (human)

X

Rap1 signaling pathway - Homo sapiens (human)

 

beta-catenin independent WNT signaling

X

Males PCB170 B-cell

Neural Crest Differentiation

 

Transport of glucose and other sugars, bile salts and organic acids, metal ions and amine compounds

 

Signaling pathways regulating pluripotency of stem cells - Homo sapiens (human)