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Table 3 Gene clustering per metabolic or disease network using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) to assist decision-making

From: Genomic variants in the FTO gene are associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Greek patients

Disease or metabolic network

Genes

p value

Neural cell proliferation

ISL1, FTO, ADCYAP1, ΟΤΡ, SPP1

6.02 × 10–5

Motor neuron proliferation

ISL1, FTO

9.53 × 10–5

Motor neuron dysfunction

ISL1, WNT4

1.28 × 10–3

Development of neuromuscular junction

PDZRN3

1.65 × 10–3

Branching of sensory neurons

PRKG1

1.65 × 10–3

ALS

FUS

1.65 × 10–3

Development of P and M cells of visual nervous system

ΟΤΡ

1.65 × 10–3

Growth of cerebellar cortex, regulation of upper cervical ganglia

ADCYAP1

1.65 × 10–3

Cranial nerve development

ISL1, ERBB4

1.9 × 10–3

Brain development

ADCYAP1, ERBB4, FTO, ΟΤΡ, PRKG1

2.56 × 10–3

Development of specific nerves of the hand, area of dendritic trees

ISL1

3.3 × 10–3

Movement of the cranial neural crest, participation in the formation of the central nervous system, astrocyte attachment

ERBB4

3.3 × 10–3

Neural cell number

ADCYAP1, ERBB4, WNT4, SPP1

3.75 × 10–3

Nervous system morphology

ERBB4, FTO, WNT4, SPP1, YES1, ISL1

6.33 × 10–3

Oligodendrocyte development, excitatory synapse formation

ERBB4

6.6 × 10–3

Central nervous system development, dendritic cell development

ERBB4, ADCYAP1

7.4 × 10–3

Motor neuron sprouting

FTO

9.88 × 10–3

v3 spinal cord motor neuron sprouting

FTO

9.88 × 10–3

Midbrain size

FTO

9.88 × 10–3

Neuronal withdrawal

WNT4

1.32 × 10–2

Brain morphology

ERBB4, FTO, SPP1, YES1

1.35 × 10–2

Neuronal branching

ERBB4, ADCYAP1, PRKG1

1.58 × 10–2

DNA repair

APTX, FTO, FUS

1.65 × 10–2