Table 1

Significant genes with mean fold changes1 of at least ± 2.50 as given by microarray2

GeneBank identifier
Gene symbol
Gene name
Biological process
Fold change

NM_005532
IFI27
Interferon, alpha-inducible protein 27
Immune response
+13.29
NM_005143
HP
Haptoglobin
Defence response
+5.71
NM_006417
IFI44
Interferon-induced protein 44
Immune response
+4.86
NM_024021
MS4A4A
Membrane-spanning 4-domains, subfamily A, member 4
Signal transduction
+4.42
NM_004994
MMP9
Matrix metalloproteinase 9
Collagen catabolism
+3.93
BC035682
HBZ
Hemoglobin, zeta
Oxygen transport
+3.78
NM_015535
DNAPTP6
DNA polymerase-transactivated protein 6

+3.57
NM_000519
HBD
Hemoglobin, delta
Oxygen transport
+3.40
NM_005330
HBE1
Hemoglobin, epsilon 1
Oxygen transport
+3.06
NM_006187
OAS3
2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 3, 100kDa
Immune response
+2.99
NM_000566
FCGR1A
Fc fragment of IgG, high affinity Ia, receptor (CD64)
Immune response
+2.88
NM_006949
STXBP2
Syntaxin binding protein 2
Intracellular protein transport
+2.86
NM_033255
EPSTI1
Epithelial stromal interaction 1 (breast)

+2.83
NM_002759
EIF2AK2
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2
Immune response
+2.78
NM_016633
ERAF
Erythroid associated factor
Hemoglobin metabolism
+2.73
NM_006770
MARCO
Macrophage receptor with collagenous structure
Response to pathogenic bacteria
+2.72
NM_001724
BPGM
2,3-bisphosphoglycerate mutase
Carbohydrate metabolism
+2.60
NM_000904
NQO2
NAD(P)H dehydrogenase, quinone 2
Electron transport
+2.56
NM_006820
IFI44L
Interferon-induced protein 44-like
Immune response
+2.55
NM_005101
G1P2
Interferon, alpha-inducible protein (clone IFI-15K)
Immune response
+2.54
NM_024572
GALNT14
UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 14

+2.53
NM_203339
CLU
Clusterin
Immune response
+2.50
NM_005581
LU
Lutheran blood group (Auberger b antigen included)
Cell adhesion
-2.55
NM_080819
GPR78
G protein-coupled receptor 78
G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway
-2.70
NM_000797
DRD4
Dopamine receptor D4
G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway
-2.89
NM_006249
PRB3
Proline-rich protein BstNI subfamily 3
G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway
-2.91
NM_021983
HLA-DRB4
Homo sapiens major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 4
Immune response
-3.31
NM_000558
HBA1
Hemoglobin alpha 1
Oxygen transport
-4.61
L34088
HLA-DQA1
Major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ alpha 1
Immune response
-4.70
NM_001828
CLC
Charcot-Leyden crystal protein
Antimicrobial humoral response
-6.08

1Gene expressions given as mean of the individual fold changes (signal intensity in a case minus signal intensity in the corresponding control). 2Gene expressions as given by microarray in whole blood of five male infants hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus, subtype B, bronchiolitis versus five one year old male controls exposed to RSV during infancy but not hospitalised and/or treated for bronchiolitis

Fjaerli et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:175   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-175