Table 2 Significant biological terms identified in each individual study.

From: Role of innate immunity-triggered pathways in the pathogenesis of Sickle Cell Disease: a meta-analysis of gene expression studies

Steady state adults (GSE53441) – PBMC

Biological term

GSA library

P value

B cell receptor signaling pathway

KEGG

0.0003

Type II interferon signaling

Wikipathways

9.2 e-7

Hemoglobins chaperone

Biocarta

6.0 e-6

Defense response to virus

GO biological process

3.9e-19

SYK (spleen tyrosine kinase)

KEA

8 e-5

ROCK2 (Rho-associated protein kinase 2)

Kinases perturbations

0.002

Top severity score - children (GSE35007) – whole blood

MAPK signaling pathway

KEGG

0.02357

Adherens junction

KEGG

0.04524

Glutathione metabolism

Wikipathways

0.00091

Oxidative Stress

Wikipathways

0.00442

Heme biosynthesis

Wikipathways

0.00925

IL-6 signaling pathway

Wikipathways

0.0288

Autophagy

GO biological process

1.3 e-6

Regulation of cellular response to stress

GO biological process

0.00008

Acute crisis children (GSE35007) – whole blood

Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism

KEGG

0.014

Complement and coagulation cascades

KEGG

0.016

Oxidative Stress

Wikipathways

5.6 e-4

Heme biosynthesis

Wikipathways

0.005

Response to virus

GO biological process

2.5 e-8

Autophagy

GO biological process

8.0 e-9

Response to type I interferon

GO biological process

1.0 e-8

  1. GSA (gene set analysis) was performed using the EnrichR tool, that includes 69 different gene set libraries. A list of all significantly upregulated genes from each individual study was obtained using the GEO2R tool, from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes; GO: gene ontology term; KEA: kinase enrichment analysis; PBMC: peripheral blood mononuclear cells.