A study of nasal epithelial cell gene expression in a sample of mild to severe asthmatic children and healthy controls

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 6 Comparison between atopic and non-atopic asthma regarding nasal epithelial cell genes expression

Variable	Atopic asthma (N = 32)	Non-atopic asthma (N = 38)	MWU test (z)	P
Variable	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	MWU test (z)	P
TMEM178	4.09 ± 0.24	3.53 ± 0.23	1.75	0.081
FKBP5	0.55 ± 0.057	0.57 ± 0.041	0.27	0.786
CLCA1	0.063 ± 0.006	0.039 ± 0.005	2.88	0.004*
SERPINB2	2.96 ± 0.13	1.59 ± 0.095	6.01	< 0.001*
Periostin	0.153 ± 0.034	0.03 ± 0.003	4.89	< 0.001*

TMEM178: transmembrane protein 178, CLCA1: chloride pathway, calcium activated family member 1, SERPINB2: serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade B, member 2
*P < 0.05 is significant