Research Article

Identification of Potential Transcriptional Biomarkers Differently Expressed in Both S. aureus- and E. coli-Induced Sepsis via Integrated Analysis

Table 2

Top 10 enriched gene ontology (GO) terms in (a) Staphylococcus aureus samples and (b) Escherichia coli samples.
(a) Staphylococcus aureus

GO Term (Biological Process)Function descriptionGene countP-valueGene symbol

GO.0006952defense response152.37E-04ANXA3, CCR7, CD247, FAIM3, FCGR1B, FFAR2, HP, IL1RN, LCN2, PLSCR1, S100A12, SERPING1, SOCS3, TNFAIP6, TXN
GO.0006955immune response144.23E-04ANXA3, CCR7, CD247, CD96, CST7, FCGR1B, FFAR2, IL7R, LCN2, LEF1, S100A12, SERPING1, SOCS3, TXN
GO.0002376immune system process167.81E-04ANXA3, CCR7, CD247, CD96, CEACAM1, CST7, FAIM3
FCGR1B, FFAR2, HP, LCN2, PLSCR1, S100A12, SERPING1, SOCS3, TXN
GO.0050776regulation of immune response117.81E-04CCR7, CD247, CD96, FCGR1B, FFAR2, IL7R, OLFM4, PLSCR1, SAMSN1, SERPING1, SOCS3
GO.0002682regulation of immune system process131.87E-03CCR7, CD247, CD96, FCGR1B, FFAR2, IL7R, LEF1, OLFM4, PLSCR1, SAMSN1, SERPING1, SOCS3, STOM
GO.0048583regulation of response to stimulus194.55E-03CCR7, CD247, CD96, FCGR1B, FFAR2, HP, IL18R1, IL1RN, IL7R, LEF1, MMP9, OLFM4, PLSCR1, S100A12, SAMSN1, SERPING1, STOM, TNFAIP6, TXN
GO.0065009regulation of molecular function174.68E-03ACSL1, ANXA3, CCR7, CST7, HP, ID3, IL1RN, LEF1, MMP9, PLSCR1, S100A12, SERPINB1, SERPING1, SOCS3, SORT1, STOM, TXN
GO.0044092negative regulation of molecular function116.64E-03ANXA3, CST7, HP, ID3, IL1RN, LEF1, MMP9, SERPINB1, SERPING1, SOCS3, SORT1
GO.0050790regulation of catalytic activity158.01E-03ACSL1, ANXA3, CCR7, CST7, HP, IL1RN, LEF1, MMP9,
PLSCR1, S100A12, SERPINB1, SERPING1, SOCS3, SORT1, TXN
GO.0071345cellular response to cytokine stimulus88.51E-03ACSL1, CCR7, FCGR1B, IL18R1, IL1RN, IL7R, LEF1, SOCS3

(b) Escherichia coli

GO Term
(Biological Process)
Function descriptionGene countP-valueGene symbol

GO.2001267regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic signaling pathway52.61E-04JAK2, MMP9, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10
GO.0010951negative regulation of endopeptidase activity81.20E-03LEF1, MMP9, SERPINB1, SERPING1, TIMP1, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10
GO.0097296activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic signaling pathway41.20E-03JAK2, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10
GO.0052548regulation of endopeptidase activity91.82E-03JAK2, LEF1, MMP9, SERPINB1, SERPING1, TIMP1, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10
GO.0051346negative regulation of hydrolase activity92.24E-03LEF1, MMP9, SERPINB1, SERPING1, SORT1, TIMP1, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10
GO.0043086negative regulation of catalytic activity122.44E-03ANXA3, HP, LEF1, MMP9, SERPINB1, SERPING1, SOCS3, SORT1, TIMP1, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10
GO.0050790regulation of catalytic activity192.52E-03ANXA3, CCR7, FPR1, HP, JAK2, LEF1, MMP9, PFKFB2, PLSCR1, RASGRP1, SERPINB1, SERPING1, SOCS3, SORT1, TIMP1, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10, VPS9D1
GO.0006954inflammatory response92.59E-03CCR7, FFAR2, HP, IL18RAP, ORM1, PLSCR1, RASGRP1, TLR5, TNFAIP6
GO.0009605response to external stimulus174.17E-03ABLIM1, ANXA3, ARG1, AUTS2, BCL11B, CCR7, FFAR2, FPR1, HP, JAK2, LEF1, MMP9, PLSCR1, SOCS3, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, UPP1
GO.0044092negative regulation of molecular function134.17E-03ANXA3, HP, JAK2, LEF1, MMP9, SERPINB1, SERPING1, SOCS3, SORT1, TIMP1, TNFRSF10A, TNFRSF10B, TNFSF10