Research Article

Identification of Potential Biomarkers for Thyroid Cancer Using Bioinformatics Strategy: A Study Based on GEO Datasets

Table 3

GO analysis of integrated DEGs.
(a) Upregulated genes top 9 enriched GO terms

CategoryTermCountPValueAdj.P-value

Upregulated
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0005576~extracellular region336.02E-076.53E-05
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0005615~extracellular space304.51E-079.78E-05
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0070062~extracellular exosome431.38E-059.94E-04
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0016324~apical plasma membrane119.61E-050.005198329
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0033116~endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment membrane61.41E-040.006102825
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0005578~proteinaceous extracellular matrix90.0012126520.032377398
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0030054~cell junction129.49E-040.033762537
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0009986~cell surface130.0011095230.033828883
 GOTERM_MF_DIRECTGO:0008201~heparin binding82.89E-040.041460423

(b) Downregulated genes top 7 enriched GO terms

CategoryTermCountPValueAdj.P-value

Downregulated
 GOTERM_BP_DIRECTGO:0006590~thyroid hormone generation52.64E-060.002657461
 GOTERM_BP_DIRECTGO:0030509~BMP signaling pathway75.37E-050.026654296
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0005578~proteinaceous extracellular matrix157.80E-081.45E-05
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0070062~extracellular exosome503.91E-072.42E-05
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0005615~extracellular space323.46E-073.22E-05
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0005576~extracellular region309.41E-050.004366683
 GOTERM_CC_DIRECTGO:0043235~receptor complex77.88E-040.028910743

(a) Top 9 enriched GO terms of upregulated DEGs. (b) Top 7 enriched GO terms of downregulated DEGs.