Research Article

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

Table 3

Enriched pathways for the upregulation genes in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli samples.
(a) Staphylococcus aureus

KEGG TermFunction descriptionGene countP-valueGene symbol

ptr04668TNF signaling pathway31.17E-02IL18R1, SOCS3, MMP9
ptr00051Fructose and mannose metabolism24.93E-02PFKFB3, HK3

(b) Escherichia coli

KEGG TermFunction descriptionGene countP-valueGene symbol

ptr00051Fructose and mannose metabolism34.05E-03PFKFB3, HK3, PFKFB2
ptr05321Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)31.65E-02IL18R1, IL18RAP, TLR5
ptr04668TNF signaling pathway34.05E-02IL18R1, SOCS3, MMP9

Note. KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes; TNF: tumor necrosis factor.