Research Article

Identification of Key Genes and Pathways Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Table 2

Functional analysis for the DEGs in in RPE/choroid between AMD patients and age-matched healthy controls.

Top diseases and biological functions valueaNo. of genes

Diseases and disorders
Cancer5.96E-16-2.41E-03299
Organismal injury and abnormalities5.96E-16-2.41E-03301
Ophthalmic disease9.88E-16-2.26E-0358
Hereditary disorder2.26E-15-2.26E-0375
Neurological disease2.26E-15-2.17E-03126

Molecular and cellular functions
Cell morphology1.01E-12-2.19E-0356
Cellular movement1.82E-10-2.19E-0384
Cellular compromise6.25E-10-1.88E-0327
Cellular development1.48E-09-2.25E-0332
Cellular growth and proliferation1.48E-09-2.25E-0346

Physiological system development and function
Nervous system development and function7.04E-14-1.88E-0388
Embryonic development1.01E-12-2.06E-0355
Organ development1.01E-12-1.86E-0348
Organ morphology1.01E-12-1.69E-0358
Organismal development1.01E-12-2.37E-0387

aRange of p values indicates a higher level functions that contained multiple lower level functions.