Table 2 Up- and down-regulated genes in preterm infants with sepsis ordered by expression value (Panel A) and Comparison of gene expression (fold change) between data obtained from feces in the present study in preterm infants with sepsis and those from blood cells also in septic preterm newborn described in a previous study (Panel B).

similar to TBC1 domain family, member 2B

0.0404223

2.105

hypothetical protein LOC152118

0.0435912

1.896

zinc finger protein 487, pseudogene

0.0325316

1.789

pregnancy specific beta-1-glycoprotein 4

0.049411

1.649

glutathione S-transferase mu 2(muscle)

0.0199524

1.618

leptin

0.0307164

1.582

CDC-like kinase 2

0.0464448

1.578

aquaporin 7

0.0271608

1.559

ribosomal protein S9

0.0403301

1.554

RNA, U11 small nuclear

0.0348921

1.513

CD40 ligand

6.6 × 10⁵

1.209

family with sequence similarity 58, member A

2.4 × 10⁴

1.463

cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein

9.8 × 10⁴

1.208

family with sequence similarity 220, member A

0.0012

1.428

Phenyl-alanyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial

0.0016

1.193

p-value

expression value

zinc ribbon domain containing 1

0.0036632

−2.012

trafficking protein particle complex 3

0.0152393

−1.813

solute carrier family 25, member 44

0.0426276

−1.782

late cornified envelope 2C

0.032163

−1.676

lipocalin 1

0.0386323

−1.660

archaelysin family metallopeptidase 2 pseudogene 1

0.0462527

−1.649

synaptojanin 2 binding protein

0.0189059

−1.582

C1q and tumor necrosis factor related protein 9B

0.0223451

−1.574

solute carrier family 45, member 4

0.0449936

−1.538

La ribonucleoprotein domain family, member 4

0.0393834

0.670

protein serine kinase H2

0.0010

−1.257

lon peptidase 2, peroxisomal

0.0016

−1.297

thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (rhodanese)-like domain containing 2

0.0019

−1.305

zinc finger protein 514

0.0024

−1.120

ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2

0.0032

−1.211

Feces

Blood (Ref. 24 )

p-value

Fold change

p-value

Fold change