Table 2 Differential expression of genes upregulated at least tenfold in bacterial versus viral illness.

From: Host-response transcriptional biomarkers accurately discriminate bacterial and viral infections of global relevance

Functional category

Genes

Upregulated in bacterial infection

 Acid/base equilibrium

CA4

 Acute phase reactants

ALPL, C4BPA, HP, HPR, ORM1, ORM2

 Antimicrobial killing

ARG1, PGLYRP1, PI3, S100A12, SLPI

 Apoptosis/development

KREMEN1

 Cell division

SPATC1

 Cell migration

ITGA7

 Cell motility

CFAP126

 Epigenetics

KDM5D

 Extracellular matrix integrity

ADAMTS2, PCOLCE2

 Heavy metal binding

MT1H

 Immune regulation (cell surface receptors)

CD177, CD300LD, VSIG4

 Innate immune response

IL1R2

 Metabolism

OLAH, SLC51A, VNN1

 Protein degradation

MMP8, PGA4

 Protein processing/sorting

AP3B2, FAM20A, GALNT14, ZDHHC19

 Signal transduction

BMX, NECAB1, RCVRN

 Transcription

KLF14

 Translation

EIF1AY

Upregulated in viral infection

 Amino acid metabolism

IL4I1, SDS

 Antimicrobial killing

DEFB1

 Apoptosis

BCL2L14

 Autophagy

RUFY4

 Cell activation receptors

LY6E

 Cell–cell interactions

AGRN, DSP, SIGLEC1

 Cell differentiation/growth

AXL, EPHB2

 Cell motility

DZIP1L, TTC21A

 Cell structure/junctional

JUP, KRT5, NEXN, OTOF, SAMD4A

 Electrochemical gradiant

NKAIN1

 Exocytosis

EXOC3L1

 Interferon response/chemokines/cytokines

DDX60, HERC5, HERC6, IFI27, IFI44, IFIT1, IFIT2, IFIT3, ISG15, LAMP3, MX1, NRIR, OAS1, OAS2, OAS3, OASL, RSAD2, USP18, CCL2, CCL8, CXCL10, CXCL11, FPR3, LIP

 Intracellular trafficking

FBX039, RABGAP1L, RIN2

 Mitochondrial DNA synthesis

CMPK2

 Pattern recognition receptors

CLEC4F, TLR3

 Transcription

HES4, HESX1, ZNF684

 Non-coding or poorly characterized/unknown

ALMS1P1, ERICH3, HSPB9, KCTD14, LINC00487, LOC100133669, LOC101927027, LOC105369192, SPATS2L, TMEM252, TMEM255A, XIST

  1. Genes upregulated in bacterial disease are conversely downregulated in viral disease and vice versa.