Table 4 Upstream regulators identified from intersection between public data and NGS experimental data under PM exposure. Bold texts indicate the hub genes consonant with Fig. 5.
Upstream regulator | Activation z-score | p-value of overlap | Target molecules in dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
TNF | 2.403 | 1.96E−14 | CXCL1, GBP1, IL6, MMP1, MMP9, PLAU, S100A8, S100A9, SERPINB2 |
CD36 | 2.236 | 7.12E−12 | CXCL1, IL6, MMP1, PLAU, SERPINB2 |
NFkB (complex) | 2.376 | 5.32E−10 | CXCL1, IL6, MMP1, MMP9, PLAU, SERPINB2 |
ERK | 2.219 | 7.98E−10 | CXCL1, IL6, MMP1, MMP9, SERPINB2 |
IL1B | 2.188 | 6.52E−08 | CXCL1, IL6, MMP1, MMP9, SERPINB2 |
TP53 | − 1.913 | 0.00024 | EGR1, IL6, MMP9, SERPINE1 |