Performance comparison of two microarray platforms to assess differential gene expression in human monocyte and macrophage cells

Table 3 Degree of overlap in Gene Ontology categories over-represented in the lists of genes selected with the "Best-3800" probes criterion.

GO Categories	Present in the 3 lists	Affy and Illum only	Affy and RNG-86 only	Illum and RNG-86 only	Affy only	Illum only	RNG-86 only	All
Immunity and defense	235	45	21	32	17	39	38	427
Intracellular signaling cascade	137	35	14	23	31	19	34	293
Lipid, fatty acid and steroid metabolism	125	30	21	20	13	21	12	242
Apoptosis	86	18	11	14	15	9	21	174
Carbohydrate metabolism	92	20	11	18	9	17	22	189
Protein metabolism and modification	355	106	47	77	76	86	121	868
Signal transduction	393	97	55	47	72	54	70	788

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