From: Comparative study on gene set and pathway topology-based enrichment methods
Test/Method name | Pathway representation | ORA/ FCS | R-function/ package version | Database support | Null hypothesis |
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Wilcoxon rank sum | GS | FCS | wilcox.test | Any input | Competitive |
Kolmogorov-Smirnov | GS | FCS | ks.test | Any input | Competitive |
Fisher’s exact | GS | ORA | fisher.test | Any input | Competitive |
SPIA | PT-based | ORA-like | 2.12.0. | KEGG | Competitive |
CePa ORA | PT-based | ORA-like | 0.5. | KEGG, Reactome, NCI-Nature, BioCarta | Competitive |
CePa GSA | PT-based | FCS-like | 0.5. | Self-contained | |
PathNet | PT-based | unclass. | 1.3.0. | KEGG | Competitive |