Table 2 The result of functional enrichment analysis of DMPs identified in EWAS (FDR ≤ 0.05, N ≥ 2).

From: MethylCallR : a comprehensive analysis framework for Illumina Methylation Beadchip

Category

ID

Description

N

p-value

FDR

GO

BP

GO:0051607

defense response to virus

13

8.11E-10

9.26E-06

GO:0140546

defense response to symbiont

13

8.20E-10

9.26E-06

GO:0009615

response to virus

13

3.03E-08

2.28E-04

GO:0098542

defense response to other organism

18

7.51E-07

4.24E-03

GO:0034340

response to type I interferon

6

1.14E-06

5.16E-03

GO:0051707

response to other organism

20

2.27E-06

7.45E-03

GO:0043207

response to external biotic stimulus

20

2.31E-06

7.45E-03

GO:0140888

interferon-mediated signaling pathway

6

2.93E-06

8.27E-03

GO:0009607

response to biotic stimulus

20

3.63E-06

9.11E-03

GO:0045087

innate immune response

15

4.43E-06

1.00E-02

GO:0016032

viral process

11

6.05E-06

1.16E-02

GO:0002230

positive regulation of defense response to virus by host

4

6.17E-06

1.16E-02

GO:0060337

type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway

5

1.37E-05

2.24E-02

GO:0071357

cellular response to type I interferon

5

1.39E-05

2.24E-02

GO:0019079

viral genome replication

6

1.79E-05

2.53E-02

GO:0044419

biological process involved in interspecies interaction between organisms

20

1.80E-05

2.53E-02

GO:0045069

regulation of viral genome replication

5

2.71E-05

3.60E-02

GO:1,903,900

regulation of viral life cycle

6

2.98E-05

3.74E-02

GO:0006952

defense response

20

3.54E-05

4.05E-02

GO:0050691

regulation of defense response to virus by host

4

3.59E-05

4.05E-02

GO:0019221

cytokine-mediated signaling pathway

10

4.60E-05

4.94E-02

  1. DMP, differentially methylated probe; EWAS, epigenome-wide association studies; FDR, false discovery rate; GO, gene ontology; BP, biological process; N, number of genes associated with DMPs in gene set.