I am using DESeq2 to find the DE genes in a data set with 21 replicates ( 21 + 21, paired-design). I get the DE genes but with very small log2 fold changes (less than +/- 0.5) , as you can see in the plot below:
> summary(resdds, 0.05) out of 22025 with nonzero total read count adjusted p-value < 0.05 LFC > 0 (up) : 2479, 11% LFC < 0 (down) : 3127, 14% outliers [1] : 0, 0% low counts [2] : 854, 3.9% (mean count < 4)
Unshrunken LFC:
I could see that the mean expression is good and the sample size is large. I would like to know if the results makes sense and are trustable.
P.S: The GO analysis looks good as well.