Protein Gene Symbol/Probeset Spearman R p value
ENA-78 CXCL5/215101_s_at 0.565 0.0049
Alpha-1-antitrypsin Serpina1/2114974_s_at 0.494 0.017
MMP-9 MMP9/203936_s_at 0.452 0.031
Prostate Acid Phosphatase ACPP/204393_s_at 0.451 0.031
Factor VII F7/207300_s_at 0.435 0.038
VEGF VEGFA/210512_s_at 0.431 0.036
EGF EGF/206254_at 0.402 0.058
Calcitonin CALCA/210727_at -0.367 0.085
TNF-b LTA/206975_at -0.375 0.078
Il-5 IL5/207952_at -0.395 0.062
PSA KLK3/204582_s_at -0.401 0.058
Erythropoietin EPO/207257_at -0.41 0.052
IL-3 IL3/207906_at -0.413 0.05
Lymphotactin XCL1/206365_at -0.415 0.049
Growth Hormone GH1/211151_x_at -0.429 0.041
Abbreviations: ENA: Epithelial Cell-Derived Neutrophil-Activating Peptide; MMP- 9: Matrix Metallopeptidase-9; VEGF: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor; EGF: Epidermal Growth Factor; TNF: Tumor Necrosis Factor; IL: Interleukin; PSA: Prostate Specific Antigen
Table 1: Association of secreted plasma protein levels with their corresponding gene expression signals in patient whole blood (cut-off p<0.1, unadjusted for multiplicity).