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Table 4 Enriched pathways

From: Genome-wide association meta-analysis for early age-related macular degeneration highlights novel loci and insights for advanced disease

Gene group

Reactome pathway

#Genes in gene set

#AMD loci in gene set

Raw P

Corrected P

Genes contributing to enrichment

Effects on early and advanced AMD

Regulation of Complement cascade (R-HSA-977606)

26

5

7.8 × 10−10

1.2 × 10−6

C3;CFH;C9;CFI;CFB

Lipoprotein metabolism (R-HSA-174824)

34

4

3.5 × 10−7

1.8 × 10−4

ABCA1;CETP;LIPC;APOE

Complement cascade (R-HSA-166658)

80

5

2.7 × 10−7

2.0 × 10−4

C3;CFH;C9;CFI;CFB

HDL-mediated lipid transport (R-HSA-194223)

19

3

4.7 × 10− 6

1.8 × 10−3

ABCA1;CETP;APOE

Lipid digestion, mobilization, and transport (R-HSA-73923)

71

4

7.0 × 10− 6

2.2 × 10− 3

ABCA1;CETP;LIPC;APOE

Activation of C3 and C5 (R-HSA-174577)

6

2

4.4 × 10−5

0.011

C3;CFB

no effects on early AMD

Assembly of collagen fibrils and other multimeric structures (R-HSA-2022090)

54

3

1.5 × 10− 6

2.4 × 10−3

COL15A1;COL8A1;MMP9

Collagen formation (R-HSA-1474290)

85

3

6.1 × 10− 6

3.1 × 10− 3

COL15A1;COL8A1;MMP9

Extracellular matrix organization (R-HSA-1474244)

283

4

4.7 × 10− 6

3.6 × 10− 3

VTN;COL15A1;COL8A1;MMP9

  1. The table shows enriched pathways for highest prioritized genes (from Fritsche et al. 2016 without modifications) in the 25 late AMD loci with early AMD effects (35 genes) versus the 8 loci with no effect on early AMD (9 genes). Pathways with significant corrected P-value (Pcorr < 0.05) for each gene group from EnrichR querying human Reactome database 2016 are shown