Gender Differences of B Cell Signature in Healthy Subjects Underlie Disparities in Incidence and Course of SLE Related to Estrogen

Table 6

Eight down-regulated expression genes in SLE females versus SLE males, which have nonsignificant difference between healthy females and healthy males.

Gene ID	q value (%)	Fold change	Chromosomal	Symbol	Full name
NM_001005852	0	0.0102	chrY	CYorf15A	Chromosome Y open reading frame 15A
BC093959	4.9773348	0.0635	chr8	DEFA4	Defensin, alpha 4, corticostatin
BC015823	0	0.0849	chr3	LTF	Lactotransferrin
BC015822	4.0395761	0.0926	chr3	LTF	Lactotransferrin
NM_002343	4.9773348	0.1161	chr3	LTF	Lactotransferrin
NM_014893	0	0.1291	chrY	NLGN4Y	Neuroligin 4, Y-linked
BC055089	0	0.1412	chr3	CAMP	Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide
AL133030	4.0395761	0.4397	chr22	KIAA1666	KIAA1666 protein