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Table 3 CV health-related overrepresented pathways identified from differential methylation analysis following an n-3 FA supplementation

From: Epigenetic changes in blood leukocytes following an omega-3 fatty acid supplementation

IPA canonical pathways

P value

Differentially methylated genes

Tumoricidal function of hepatic natural killer cellsa

0.0017

BAX, CASP6, FAS

RAR activationa

0.0035

AKT3, DHRS9, PRKAG2, PRKCZ, PRKD3, PTEN, TRIM24

VDR/RXR activationb

0.0078

IGFBP5, KLK6, PRKCZ, PRKD3

Fcγ receptor-mediated phagocytosis in macrophages and monocytesa

0.017

AKT3, PRKCZ, PRKD3, PTEN

D-myo-inositol-5-phosphate metabolismb

0.018

NUDT3, PLCH1, PPP2R5E, PTEN, PTPN12

Nitric oxide signaling in the cardiovascular systemc

0.026

AKT3, PRKAG2, PRKCZ, PRKD3

IL-3 signalinga

0.033

AKT3, PRKCZ, PRKD3

PXR/RXR activationb

0.035

AKT3, SLCO1B3, PRKAG2

LPS-stimulated MAPK signalinga

0.035

ATF1, PRKCZ, PRKD3

NF-кB activation by virusesa

0.037

AKT3, PRKCZ, PRKD3

CCR5 signaling in nacrophagesa

0.037

FAS, PRKCZ, PRKD3

Role of NFAT in cardiac hypertrophyc

0.038

AKT3, HDAC4, PRKAG2, PRKCZ, PRKD3

P2Y purigenic receptor signaling pathwayc

0.040

AKT3, PRKAG2, PRKCZ, PRKD3

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-mediated apoptosis of target cellsa

0.040

FAS, CASP6

PI3K signaling in B lymphocytesa

0.044

AKT3, ATF1, PRKCZ, PTEN

Type II diabetes mellitus signalingd

0.049

AKT3, PRKAG2, PRKCZ, PRKD3

  1. Pathways related to the following: aInflammatory and immune response (n = 9); bLipid metabolism (n = 3); cCardiovascular signaling (n = 3); dDiabetes (n = 1)