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Table 1 Differentially expressed proteins (DEP) participating in various cellular pathways

From: Major protein alterations in spermatozoa from infertile men with unilateral varicocele

GO biological process terms

Percentage of genes

GO term usage in gene list

Cell

93.04

334/359

Intracellular

89.97

323/359

Cytoplasm

87.19

313/359

Organelle

79.94

287/359

Protein complex

35.38

127/359

Cytosol

35.10

126/359

Nucleus

33.43

120/359

Mitochondrion

29.53

106/359

Plasma membrane

23.40

84/359

Extracellular region

19.22

69/359

Cytoplasmic membrane-bounded vesicle

13.93

50/359

Cytoskeleton

13.09

47/359

Extracellular space

10.86

39/359

Endoplasmic reticulum

10.58

38/359

Nucleoplasm

9.75

35/359

Vacuole

5.85

21/359

Lysosome

5.29

19/359

Cilium

5.29

19/359

Golgi apparatus

4.74

17/359

Microtubule organizing center

3.90

14/359

Nucleolus

3.34

12/359

Endosome

3.06

11/359

Nuclear envelope

3.06

11/359

Proteinaceous extracellular matrix

3.06

11/359

Chromosome

2.51

9/359

Ribosome

2.23

8/359

Peroxisome

1.95

7/359

Nuclear chromosome

1.11

4/359

External encapsulating structure

0.28

1/359

Lipid particle

0.28

1/359

Cell wall

0.28

1/359

  1. Note: Of the 369 differentially expressed proteins (DEP), only 359 are involved in the pathways according to the Gene Ontology mapper.