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Table 5 Application of gene set analysis methods to leukemia data [22].

From: Microarray-based gene set analysis: a comparison of current methods

Top Pathways

NP

AP

GSEA-Category

  

   Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Focal adhesion

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Tight junction

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Leukocyte transendothelial migration

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Regulation of actin cytoskeleton

<5e-05

<5e-05

   ......

...

...

GSEA-limma

  

   Hematopoietic cell lineage

<5e-05

0.034

   B cell receptor signaling pathway

<5e-05

0.034

   Glutathione metabolism

0.017

1

   Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

0.025

1

   Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity

0.028

1

   ......

...

...

SAFE

  

   Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity

0.0052

1

   Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

0.00835

1

   Galactose metabolism

0.0128

1

   Pyrimidine metabolism

0.0333

1

   Cell cycle

0.0353

1

   ......

...

...

GlobalTest

  

   Toll-like receptor signaling pathway

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Jak-STAT signaling pathway

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Focal adhesion

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Tight junction

<5e-05

<5e-05

   Leukocyte transendothelial migration

<5e-05

<5e-05

   ......

...

...

PCOT2

  

   Jak-STAT signaling pathway

<5e-05

0.001

   Glycolysis Gluconeogenesis

<5e-05

0.001

   Focal adhesion

<5e-05

0.001

   Tight junction

<5e-05

0.001

   Hematopoietic cell lineage

<5e-05

0.001

   ......

...

...

sigPathway

  

   Arachidonic acid metabolism

<5e-05

0.001

   Metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450

<5e-05

0.004

   Glutathione metabolism

<5e-05

0.009

   Cell cycle

0.0001

0.016

   Starch and sucrose metabolism

0.0002

0.023

   ......

...

...

  1. Top five altered gene sets determined by each of the six analysis methods. NP indicates the nominal p-values and AP indicates the FDR adjusted p-values.