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Table 1 Expert’s knowledge-based processes and associated markers as defined by the BIOCLAIMS consortium including main results from the integrated network analysis

From: White adipose tissue reference network: a knowledge resource for exploring health-relevant relations

Name

Process

Tissue

Nr. studies measured

Significant across studies

Consistent fold-change

Nr. Seed node neighbors

Adipocyte area

Adipose expandability

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Adiponectin

Adipose expandability

Blood

0

–

–

1

Adipose mass MRI

Adipose expandability

 

0

–

–

0

Adipose tissue mass

Adipose expandability

 

6

Yes

Yes

6

Brown fat mass

Adipose expandability

 

3

Yes

Yes

5

Epididymal adipose mass

Adipose expandability

 

5

Yes

Yes

3

Leptin

Adipose expandability

Blood

0

–

–

5

Leptin Adiponectin ratio

Adipose expandability

Blood

5

Yes

Yes

2

MEST1

Adipose expandability

Adipose

4

Yes

Yes

0

Subcutaneous adipose mass#

Adipose expandability

 

1

No

No

0

Visceral adipose mass

Adipose expandability

 

4

No

Yes

12

Acadvl#

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

Yes

1

Acc

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

2

Acyl carnitines

Metabolic state

Blood

0

–

–

0

Adiponectin

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

6

ATGL

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

7

BCAA

Metabolic state

Blood

0

–

–

0

CPT1 (PBMC)#

Metabolic state

PBMC

2

Yes

No

0

CPT1a

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

5

Cpt1b

Metabolic state

Adipose

6

No

No

5

Dgat2#

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

1

FABP4

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

Yes

3

FABPpm#

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

1

FAS

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

9

FASN

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

7

FASN (PBMC)

Metabolic state

PBMC

2

Yes

Yes

0

GLUT4

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

6

Gpat

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

3

GyK#

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

0

Hsl

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

5

HSL (PBMC)#

Metabolic state

PBMC

1

No

Yes

0

INSR

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

9

IRS1

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

15

Lactate

Metabolic state

Blood

0

–

–

0

LDHa

Metabolic state

Adipose

4

Yes

Yes

4

LepR

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

3

Lpl

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

10

Lysophosphatidylinositols (plasma)

Metabolic state

Blood

0

–

–

0

PDK

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

3

PFK

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

0

PGC1a

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

Yes

7

PKM

Metabolic state

Adipose

4

Yes

Yes

6

Ppara

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

No

No

16

Resistin

Metabolic state

Blood

0

–

–

1

RXRB (PBMC)

Metabolic state

PBMC

2

Yes

Yes

0

SIRT1

Metabolic state

Adipose

4

No

No

26

Tyrosine hydroxylase level#

Metabolic state

Adipose

6

No

No

1

UCP2

Metabolic state

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

3

Visfatin

Metabolic state

Blood

0

–

–

0

Mito density (cardiolipin)

Oxidative capacity

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Mito density (citrate synthase level)

Oxidative capacity

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Mito density (EM)

Oxidative capacity

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Mito density (mt/nDNA)

Oxidative capacity

Adipose

2

Yes

Yes

2

Uncoupled oxygen consumption

Oxidative capacity

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Aconitase/citrate synthase activity

Oxidative stress

Adipose

0

–

–

0

SOD1

Oxidative stress

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

8

SOD2

Oxidative stress

Adipose

7

Yes

No

7

TRXRD2

Oxidative stress

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Adam8

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

0

Cd11c

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

4

Yes

Yes

2

Cd163

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

No

No

3

Glut1

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

No

No

5

Gpx1

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

0

–

–

2

Hif1a

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

No

No

38

Il10

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

4

No

No

21

Il1b

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Il6

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

4

No

No

50

Mgl2

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

0

–

–

0

Mrc1

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

Yes

Yes

1

Nos2

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

3

No

No

11

Ppargc1b#

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

5

No

No

1

Stat6

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

No

No

5

Tnf

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

4

Yes

Yes

48

Vegfa

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

No

Yes

48

Vhl

Tissue inflammation

Adipose

7

No

Yes

28

  1. Expert-defined markers with consistent fold-change sign and aggregated FDR corrected p < 0.01 are marked in bold. Expert-defined markers which are measured but do not show either consistent change in the data or are in known molecular neighborhood of the seed nodes (nr. of seed neighbors >1) are marked with a hash