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Table 3 Significantly enriched classes arising both in genes upregulated in A549 xenograft tumors over cell lines and in genes upregulated in U118 tumors over cell cultures (p < 0.05 in both sets)

From: Profiling of pathway-specific changes in gene expression following growth of human cancer cell lines transplanted into mice

Category

Term

Gene count in A549 set of 134

Gene count in U118 set of 112

Gene count in entire set of 5,682

p-value A549 set

p-value U118 set

GO term annotation (0.58 terms expected, found 2)

Biological process

Cell adhesion

14

9

233

0.001092

0.039587

Molecular function

Metal ion binding activity

16

16

411

0.031462

0.006317

MeSH term association (2.2 terms expected, found 42)

Anatomy

Basement membrane

9

5

96

3.94E-04

4.04E-02

Anatomy

Endothelium, vascular

29

26

829

1.67E-02

9.33E-03

Anatomy

Epithelium

22

15

451

7.63E-04

3.04E-02

Anatomy

Fibroblasts

40

35

1215

1.25E-02

8.92E-03

Anatomy

Microfilaments

7

6

124

2.66E-02

3.51E-02

Anatomy

Stem cells

23

20

665

3.69E-02

3.42E-02

Biological sciences

Cell adhesion

26

21

697

1.09E-02

2.96E-02

Biological sciences

Cell differentiation

53

46

1780

2.53E-02

1.76E-02

Biological sciences

Cell movement

29

23

792

9.13E-03

3.36E-02

Biological sciences

Gene expression regulation, neoplastic

54

37

1301

3.92E-06

8.56E-03

Biological sciences

Neutrophil infiltration

3

3

34

4.51E-02

2.86E-02

Chemicals and drugs

Collagen

28

33

516

1.89E-05

4.25E-10

Chemicals and drugs

Complementarity determining regions

4

4

32

6.37E-03

3.36E-03

Chemicals and drugs

Cytokines

28

26

808

2.10E-02

6.70E-03

Chemicals and drugs

DNA, neoplasm

27

22

705

6.70E-03

1.81E-02

Chemicals and drugs

Extracellular matrix proteins

15

16

217

1.59E-04

4.32E-06

Chemicals and drugs

Growth substances

14

16

365

4.77E-02

1.95E-03

Chemicals and drugs

Heparitin sulfate

4

4

54

3.77E-02

2.12E-02

Chemicals and drugs

Laminin

13

8

184

3.60E-04

2.82E-02

Chemicals and drugs

Lymphokines

16

14

349

7.60E-03

8.22E-03

Chemicals and drugs

Metalloendopeptidases

11

12

241

2.63E-02

2.62E-03

Chemicals and drugs

Osteonectin

3

5

35

4.85E-02

5.51E-04

Chemicals and drugs

Proteoglycans

11

15

255

3.75E-02

1.25E-04

Chemicals and drugs

Transcription factor, Sp1

11

10

250

3.32E-02

2.49E-02

Diseases

Astrocytoma

7

6

129

3.21E-02

4.13E-02

Diseases

Melanoma

18

13

362

1.94E-03

2.50E-02

Diseases

Neovascularization, pathologic

13

9

223

2.16E-03

3.11E-02

Diseases

Precancerous conditions

11

8

137

3.50E-04

5.38E-03

Diseases

Pulmonary fibrosis

5

5

46

4.27E-03

1.96E-03

Diseases

Scleroderma, systemic

4

6

58

4.71E-02

9.02E-04