Table 2

Biological processes significantly affected (Fisher exact test p value < 0.05) by BaP in MCF-7 cells as determined by EASE

MCF-7 time and concentration down-regulated genes
MCF-7 time and concentration up-regulated genes

Biological Process
Probability
Biological Process
Probability
regulation of actin filament length
4.9E-06
water-soluble vitamin metabolism
3.7E-03
actin cytoskeleton organization and biogenesis
1.8E-04
sodium\:calcium exchange
6.2E-03
actin filament-based process
2.4E-04
pentose-phosphate shunt, oxidative branch
6.2E-03
regulation of actin polymerization and/or depolymerization
4.0E-04
glyoxylate cycle
6.2E-03
one-carbon compound metabolism
4.6E-04
glyoxylate metabolism
6.2E-03
cell organization and biogenesis
8.2E-04
vitamin metabolism
8.6E-03
nucleosome assembly
9.0E-04
amino acid transport
1.2E-02
carboxylic acid metabolism
1.5E-03
thiamin and derivative metabolism
1.2E-02
organic acid metabolism
1.6E-03
embryonic eye morphogenesis
1.2E-02
actin polymerization and/or depolymerization
2.2E-03
solute, solute exchange
1.2E-02
amine metabolism
2.4E-03
thiamin metabolism
1.2E-02
establishment and/or maintenance of chromatin architecture
3.2E-03
internal protein amino acid acetylation
1.2E-02
DNA packaging
4.3E-03
eye morphogenesis (sensu Vertebrata)
1.2E-02
chromatin assembly/disassembly
4.7E-03
eye morphogenesis (sensu Mammalia)
1.2E-02
amino acid metabolism
4.7E-03
isocitrate metabolism
1.2E-02
cytoskeleton organization and biogenesis
5.8E-03
amine/polyamine transport
1.3E-02
chromosome organization and biogenesis (sensu Eukarya)
6.4E-03
regulation of CDK activity
1.4E-02
muscle maintenance
6.5E-03
negative regulation of cell proliferation
1.6E-02
negative regulation of actin filament polymerization
6.5E-03
GPI anchor biosynthesis
1.8E-02
anion homeostasis
6.5E-03
GPI anchor metabolism
1.8E-02
monovalent inorganic anion homeostasis
6.5E-03
regulation of survival gene product activity
1.8E-02
asparagine metabolism
6.5E-03
negative regulation of survival gene product activity
1.8E-02
sequestering of actin monomers
6.5E-03
G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle
1.9E-02
asparagine biosynthesis
6.5E-03
carboxylic acid transport
2.1E-02
nuclear organization and biogenesis
6.8E-03
organic acid transport
2.1E-02
amino acid and derivative metabolism
7.8E-03
apoptotic mitochondrial changes
2.4E-02
cell growth
1.0E-02
germ-cell development
2.4E-02
myelination
1.3E-02
protein amino acid acetylation
2.4E-02
isoleucyl-tRNA aminoacylation
1.3E-02
G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle
2.5E-02
threonyl-tRNA aminoacylation
1.3E-02
NADPH metabolism
3.0E-02
regulation of actin filament polymerization
1.3E-02
NADPH regeneration
3.0E-02
organelle organization and biogenesis
1.7E-02
CTP biosynthesis
3.0E-02
salivary gland morphogenesis
1.9E-02
UTP metabolism
3.0E-02
salivary gland development
1.9E-02
UTP biosynthesis
3.0E-02
folic acid and derivative biosynthesis
2.6E-02
pentose-phosphate shunt
3.0E-02
glycine metabolism
2.6E-02
CTP metabolism
3.0E-02
cytoplasm organization and biogenesis
2.6E-02
synaptic transmission\, cholinergic
3.0E-02
actin filament polymerization
3.2E-02
eye morphogenesis
3.0E-02
folic acid and derivative metabolism
3.2E-02
pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphate metabolism
3.0E-02
regulation of cell growth
3.8E-02
pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphate biosynthesis
3.0E-02
aspartate family amino acid biosynthesis
3.8E-02
pyrimidine ribonucleotide biosynthesis
3.6E-02
L-serine metabolism
3.8E-02
GTP metabolism
3.6E-02
nerve ensheathment
4.4E-02
GTP biosynthesis
3.6E-02
negative regulation of cell adhesion
4.4E-02
pyrimidine ribonucleotide metabolism
3.6E-02
nerve maturation
4.4E-02
nicotinamide metabolism
3.6E-02
glycosphingolipid biosynthesis
4.4E-02
pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate metabolism
3.6E-02
tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation
4.6E-02
phosphoinositide biosynthesis
3.6E-02
tRNA aminoacylation
4.6E-02
oncogenesis
3.8E-02
amino acid activation
4.6E-02
DNA repair
4.2E-02
tRNA modification
4.7E-02
covalent chromatin modification
4.2E-02


phosphoinositide metabolism
4.2E-02


histone deacetylation
4.2E-02


pyridine nucleotide metabolism
4.2E-02


heavy metal sensitivity/resistance
4.2E-02


nerve-nerve synaptic transmission
4.2E-02


histone modification
4.2E-02


aldehyde metabolism
4.2E-02


protein modification
4.3E-02


main pathways of carbohydrate metabolism
4.5E-02


obsolete biological process
4.7E-02


prostanoid metabolism
4.8E-02


embryonic development (sensu Vertebrata)
4.8E-02


lipoprotein biosynthesis
4.8E-02


insulin receptor signaling pathway
4.8E-02


prostaglandin metabolism
4.8E-02


embryonic development (sensu Mammalia)
4.8E-02


protein lipidation
4.8E-02

Hockley et al. BMC Genomics 2006 7:260   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-260