Table 3

Gene ontologies of up-regulated processes in BCs versus epithelial cells

Gene category
List hits
EASE score

Response to external stimulus (lymphocytic)
146
5.14E-09
Cellular process
490
4.74E-06
Response to biotic stimulus (lymphocytic)
94
4.87E-06
Ion transport
68
7.05E-06
Defense response (lymphocytic)
87
1.09E-05
Development (developmental)
165
5.05E-05
Hemostasis
19
1.15E-04
Blood coagulation (coagulation)
18
1.68E-04
Cell-cell signaling
60
2.23E-04
Response to abiotic stimulus (lymphocytic)
60
3.74E-04
Cyclic-nucleotide-mediated signaling
19
3.92E-04
Morphogenesis (developmental)
101
4.23E-04
Response to light
26
5.54E-04
Natural killer cell activation (lymphocytic)
6
7.08E-04
Second-messenger-mediated signaling
20
8.47E-04
Perception of light
25
9.29E-04
Synaptic transmission (neurophysiology)
31
9.63E-04
Cell communication
244
1.07E-03
Cation transport
46
1.46E-03
Transmission of nerve impulse (neurophysiology)
31
1.61E-03
Transport
159
1.65E-03
Response to radiation
26
1.73E-03
Organogenesis (developmental)
88
2.09E-03
Metal ion transport
36
2.15E-03
Perception of abiotic stimulus (lymphocytic)
35
2.34E-03
Vision
23
2.54E-03
Immune response (lymphocytic)
68
3.77E-03
Perception of external stimulus (lymphocytic)
37
4.60E-03
Cell surface receptor linked signal transduction
93
5.44E-03
Xenobiotic metabolism
10
6.19E-03
Sensory perception
34
6.34E-03
Heme biosynthesis (erythrocytic)
5
6.40E-03
Response to xenobiotic stimulus
10
8.00E-03
Skeletal development (development)
18
8.65E-03
Potassium ion transport
19
8.71E-03
G-protein signaling
15
9.32E-03
Pigment biosynthesis (erythrocytic)
6
1.10E-02
Monovalent inorganic cation transport
29
1.15E-02
Heme metabolism (erythrocytic)
5
1.16E-02
Negative regulation of natural killer cell activity (lymphocytic)
3
1.28E-02
Regulation of natural killer cell activity (lymphocytic)
3
1.28E-02
Anion transport
15
1.49E-02
Heart development (heart development)
6
1.63E-02
Histogenesis (developmental)
16
1.85E-02
Porphyrin biosynthesis (erythrocytic)
5
1.90E-02
Pigment metabolism (erythrocytic)
6
1.95E-02
Pigmentation (erythrocytic)
6
2.30E-02
Mesoderm development (mesoderm development)
7
2.37E-02
Cellular defense response (lymphocytic)
13
2.44E-02
Response to pest/pathogen/parasite (lymphocytic)
43
2.63E-02

When genes were clustered based on their GO, we identified processes characteristic of lymphocytic cells (response to stimulus, defense response, immune response), erythrocytes (heme and porphyrin biosynthesis), coagulation, neurophysiology, development, and mesoderm and heart development.

Lu et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R240   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-r240