Fig. 5
Temporal profiles of genes in the decreased expression group across TMJ ankylosis. Using STC analysis, the expression profiles of 2,137 DEGs downregulated at all time points were clustered, and 15 temporal clusters were obtained; among them, Clusters 2, 5, 10, 11 and 7 were statistically significant. The data is presented as log2 fold change values over the following time points: Day 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14 and 28 post operation. The cluster number, the number of genes for each clustered gene expression profile graph and the P value are specified in the title. STC, series test of cluster; DEGs, differentially expressed genes