highly significantp < 2.2e-16
The test revealed a highly significant enrichment of immune-related genes among the predicted candidates (p < 2.2e-16), with an estimated odds ratio of 48.6 (95% confidence interval: 31.6–78.3), indicating that immune genes were substantially overrepresented in the iM candidate list compared to housekeeping genes. 3.2 Validation of candidates To evaluate the iM-candidates, data from the GSE227616 dataset were compared with the identified candidates.