Research Article

Differential Gene Expression Analysis of Placentas with Increased Vascular Resistance and Pre-Eclampsia Using Whole-Genome Microarrays

Table 3

GO categories. All genes on the array were assigned to their respective GO categories and used as a background for the analysis.

GO TermGO ID 𝑃 -valueFC

PE compared to controls
 Transcription factor bindingGO:0008134.00193.6
  JUNB, CALCOCO1, ATF5, HOXC6, PARD6A, NR2F2, FAF1
 Negative regulation of signal transductionGO:0009968.00278.5
  FRZB, ZA20D1, and RHOH
 Transcription corepressor activityGO:0003714.00866.2
  JUNB, ATF5, HOXC6, and NR2F2
 Steroid hormone receptor activityGO:0003707.0147.8
  PGRMC2, NR2F2, NR1D2

PE compared to notch
 Transcriptional activator activityGO:0016563.00053.2
  CALCOCO1, SMARCC1, PIAS1, SRCAP, RUNX1, MAML3, and DYRK1B
 Muscle fiber developmentGO:0048747.005810.6
  IGFBP3, and CACNA1H
 Cell motilityGO:0006928.0122.4
  FLNA, FEZ2, CRK, MAPK14, PXN, and TLN1
 Positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependentGO:0045893.0123.6
  PIAS1, SMARCC1, RUNX1, MAML3 and DYRK1B
 Glucosamine metabolism,GO:0006041.0187.1
  CTBS and NAGK

PE with notch compared to notch
 Chemotaxis / Locomotory behaviorGO:0006935.0216.7
  CCBP2, SPP1, and CMKLR1
 Positive regulation of cell proliferationGO:0008284.0266.1
  SPP1 and EBI3
 Vesicle-mediated transportGO:0016192.0296.7
  ERGIC1, ZFYVE1, and RABGEF1
 Cytokine bindingGO:0019955.0488.4
  CCBP2, EBI3, and CMKLR1

Notch compared to control
 Regulation of apoptosisGO:0042981.0173.9
  DIABLO, IGFBP3, STAT1
 Sterol transportGO:0015918.0219.3
  NPC1 and CAV1

PE: pre-eclampsia, FC: fold change, GO ID: gene ontology identification.