Table 1 List of acronyms and their meanings
From: Network enrichment analysis: extension of gene-set enrichment analysis to gene networks
Acronym | Full word | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
AGS | Altered gene set | A list of differentially expressed genes in experiment |
FGS | Functional gene set | A list of genes that were previously known to be related |
GEA | Gene enrichment analysis | A method of counting overlaps between AGS and FGS |
GSEA | Gene set enrichment analysis | A method using the maximum overlap between AGS and FGS |
NEA | Network enrichment analysis | A method of measuring network connectivity between AGS and FGS |
FNEA | Fixed network enrichment analysis | A NEA method when AGS is a list of k top-ranking genes |
MNEA | Maximum network enrichment analysis | A NEA method to avoid dependence on k |