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Table 1 Analysis of factors and their value sets of hypothesis and the results of statistical test (by Fisher’s exact test ) for the TMA data stored in Xperanto-RDF

From: Semantically enabled and statistically supported biological hypothesis testing with tissue microarray databases

Hypothesis

Shared property among samples

Classifier

Dependent property

Number of samples (cores) /slides/experiments found in Xperanto-RDF

P value

Reduced expression of Apaf-1 in colorectal carcinoma correlates with high-grade phenotype [10].

Colon cancer

Apaf-1 intensity

(0 vs. 1-3)

Grade

(High vs. Low-grade)

55/5/3

< 0.0001

In gastric cancer, Apaf-1 expression is associated with high grade malignancy.

Stomach caner

Apaf-1 intensity

(0 vs. 1-3)

Grade

(High vs. Low-grade)

52/4/3

< 0.0001

In colon cancer, the expression of Leptin is associated with negative lymph node metastasis [19].

Colon cancer

Leptin

(positive vs. negative)

Nodal status (N0 vs N1-N3)

52/4/3

< 0.0001

In gastric cancer patients, HDAC2 expression was associated with negative lymph node metastasis [20].

Stomach caner

HDAC2 expression

(positive vs. negative)

Nodal status (N0 vs N1-N3)

50/3/2

< 0.0001