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Table 2 The genes that were differentially expressed between the third trimester and the time point of maximal disease activity postpartum (PPmax) during the RA flare were enriched in these Gene Ontology (GO) terms

From: Is gene expression among women with rheumatoid arthritis dysregulated during a postpartum flare?

GO term

Description

Enrichment ratio

q value

GO:0035744

T helper 1 cell cytokine production

34.7

5.6E−04

GO:0002227

Innate immune response in mucosa

19.3

7.7E−04

GO:0035456

Response to interferon-beta

10.5

9.1E−03

GO:0006778

Porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process

9.4

1.4E−02

GO:0031640

Killing of cells of other organism

9.3

4.5E−04

GO:0015701

Bicarbonate transport

8.3

2.2E−02

GO:0019730

Antimicrobial humoral response

8.2

2.5E−06

GO:0150076

Neuroinflammatory response

7.2

3.5E−02

GO:0030218

Erythrocyte differentiation

7.0

1.3E−04

GO:0002444

Myeloid leukocyte mediated immunity

7.0

< 2.2e−16

GO:0051851

Modification by host of symbiont morphology or physiology

6.9

6.5E−03

GO:0055076

Transition metal ion homeostasis

6.2

1.4E−04

GO:0097530

Granulocyte migration

6.2

1.5E−04

GO:0050729

Positive regulation of inflammatory response

5.3

2.8E−03

GO:1903900

Regulation of viral life cycle

5.1

3.2E−03

GO:0008645

Hexose transmembrane transport

4.6

4.3E−02

GO:0071222

Cellular response to lipopolysaccharide

4.3

3.1E−03

GO:0010950

Positive regulation of endopeptidase activity

4.3

1.1E−02

GO:0002700

Regulation of production of molecular mediator of immune response

4.1

4.4E−02

GO:0052548

Regulation of endopeptidase activity

3.2

2.2E−03

  1. Only the top 20 GO terms (sorted by enrichment ratio) are shown