Table 2 Most significant EPC-related genes found by ANOVA between ECFCs and other three types of endothelial cells: most variable EPC-related genes found to be significant by ANOVA between ECFCs (in peripheral blood) and three distinct groups of endothelial cells: HUVECs, adipose, and skin from transcriptome dataset GSE55695. The table shows gene symbol with their relative Illumina identifier, also ratio obtained from the Fisher statistics, and their corresponding corrected p value was adjusted for the multi-testing errors

VEGFC

Vascular endothelial growth factor C

ILMN_1701204

19.39477

0.001

BMP4

Bone morphogenetic protein 4

ILMN_1693749

14.54601

0.018

BMP4

Bone morphogenetic protein 4

ILMN_1709734

10.868284

0.004

NOTCH2

Notch 2

ILMN_2405297

10.400303

0.018

BMP4

Bone morphogenetic protein 4

ILMN_1740900

9.894238

0.008

SEMA3F

Semaphorin 3F

ILMN_1761540

8.470199

0.01

PLAUR

Plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor

ILMN_2408543

8.119817

0.006

PDGFA

Platelet derived growth factor subunit A

ILMN_2342695

7.7437563

0.018

BMP2

Bone morphogenetic protein 2

ILMN_1722718

7.219204

0.016

PDGFC

Platelet-derived growth factor C

ILMN_1683023

7.012548

0.028

SEMA6A

Semaphorin 6A

ILMN_1713529

6.958105

0.016

NOTCH4

Notch 4

ILMN_1711157

6.7292013

0.014

SEMA3A

Semaphorin 3A

ILMN_1765641

6.5665183

0.008

PECAM1

Platelet and endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1

ILMN_1689518

6.2686167

0.032

TNF

Tumor necrosis factor

ILMN_1728106

5.749965

0.024

NOTCH1

Notch 1

ILMN_1729161

5.5108757

0.032

PLAUR

Plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor

ILMN_2374340

5.3354907

0.008

MIR21

MicroRNA 21

ILMN_3310840

5.189098

0.036

MIR34A

MicroRNA 34a

ILMN_3308455

5.005866

0.016

NRP1

Neuropilin 1

ILMN_1742547

4.502312

0.038

EFNB2

Ephrin B2

ILMN_1703852

4.091059

0.046

SEMA5A

Semaphorin 5A

ILMN_1880012

3.2281258

0.026