Table 4

Enriched gene sets annotated to disease and disease-related functions in IPA among differentially methylated genes comparing baseline to follow-up (q<0.05)

Disease categoryEnriched disease annotations (gene-sets) in this category (n)
Cancer, cell cycle, organismal injury and abnormalities3
Cancer, dermatological diseases and conditions, organismal injury and abnormalities1
Cancer, endocrine system disorders, gastrointestinal disease, organismal injury and abnormalities5
Cancer, gastrointestinal disease, organismal injury and abnormalities32
Cancer, gastrointestinal disease, organismal injury and abnormalities, tumour morphology1
Cancer, haematological disease, immunological disease, organismal injury and abnormalities3
Cancer, neurological disease, organismal injury and abnormalities19
Cancer, organismal injury and abnormalities23
Cancer, organismal injury and abnormalities, reproductive system disease4
Cancer, organismal injury and abnormalities, respiratory disease5
Cancer, organismal injury and abnormalities, tumour morphology1
Cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular system development and function, organ morphology, organismal development, organismal injury and abnormalities, skeletal and muscular disorders1
Cardiovascular system development and function, cellular development, cellular growth and proliferation1
Cardiovascular system development and function, organ development, organ morphology1
Cell cycle3
Cell-to-cell signalling and interaction1
Cell-to-cell signalling and interaction, haematological system development and function1
Cellular development1
Cellular development, cellular growth and proliferation, haematological system development and function, haematopoiesis, tissue development1
Cellular movement4
Cellular movement, nervous system development and function1
Connective tissue disorders, inflammatory disease, inflammatory response, organismal injury and abnormalities, skeletal and muscular disorders1
Dermatological diseases and conditions, organismal injury and abnormalities1
Developmental disorder, hereditary disorder, neurological disease, organismal injury and abnormalities1
Gene expression6
Haematological system development and function, haematopoiesis1
Neurological disease, organismal injury and abnormalities1
  • *These gene-sets were identified with IPA software (Qiagen). Summary is shown of enriched gene-sets that fall under broader categories of disease functions. For full list of statistically significant gene-sets, see online supplemental table 3.