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Table 3 Association of the top three predicted pathways of PriPath with the disease annotated for the study

From: PriPath: identifying dysregulated pathways from differential gene expression via grouping, scoring, and modeling with an embedded feature selection approach

Dataset accession

Annotated disease

KEGG Pathway ID

DAVID

Reactome

Pathway Name

Literature support for top 3 identified pathways by PriPath

GDS1962

Glioma

hsa05165

–

–

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection

The presence of HCMV and HPV has been shown in gliomas. According to one study, HPV infection did not have a significant effect on the prognosis of glioma patients, while another study supports the presence of HPV in gliomas

hsa04550

–

–

Signaling pathways regulating pluripotency of stem cells

None found

hsa05131

–

–

Shigellosis

It can be an opportunistic infection in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

GDS2547

Prostate cancer

hsa04910

–

–

Insulin signaling pathway

Insulin resistance index is positively correlated with prostate volume in benign prostatic hyperplasia complicated with diabetes patients

hsa03010

 + 

–

Ribosome

Ribosome-targeting drugs may be effective against diverse prostate cancer

hsa05171

–

–

Coronavirus disease

Some research points to a possible liaison between prostate cancer (PCa) and COVID-19

GDS2609

Colorectal cancer

hsa04010

–

–

MAPK signaling pathway

Activation signaling pathways including the MAPK pathway enhance colorectal cancer progression

hsa04657

–

–

IL-17 signaling pathway

IL-17A inhibitors have been assessed for their therapeutic and preventative potential in human cancers, particularly in colorectal cancer

hsa05130

–

–

Pathogenic Escherichia coli infection

Pathogenic E. coli could be a factor in developing colorectal cancer

GDS3268

Colitis

hsa04151

–

 + 

PI3K-Akt signaling pathway

Up-regulation of the PI3K/Akt-mTOR signaling pathway can trigger cell apoptosis and inflammation in ulcerative colitis

hsa05200

–

 + 

Pathways in cancer

It is known that long duration of ulcerative Colitis is a risk factor for the development of Colitis associated cancers

hsa05164

–

–

Influenza A

Infection with influenza A could cause hemorrhagic colitis

GDS3646

Celiac disease

hsa05010

–

–

Alzheimer disease

Several types of dementia such as Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia have been association with Celiac disease

hsa04020

–

–

Calcium signaling pathway

None found

hsa05012

–

–

Parkinson disease

PARK7 plays an important role in the preservation of mucosal integrity in Celiac disease

GDS3794

Arthritis

hsa04620

–

–

Toll-like receptor signaling pathway

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) development can be induced by the activation of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling pathway

hsa04657

–

–

IL-17 signaling pathway

The IL-17 cytokines play a crucial role in the chronic inflammation of the synovium in psoriatic arthritis

hsa05022

–

–

Pathways of neurodegeneration—multiple diseases

Neurodegenerative disease increases the progress of arthritis

GDS3837

Lung cancer

hsa04974

 + 

–

Protein digestion and absorption

None found

hsa04510

–

–

Focal adhesion

FAK is significant in small cell lung cancer biology and targeting its kinase domain may have therapeutic potential

hsa04151

 + 

 + 

PI3K-Akt signaling pathway

FGF21 may function as a tumor promotor by activating the SIRT1/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in lung cancer

GDS3874

Diabetes

hsa05203

–

–

Viral carcinogenesis

None found

hsa04625

–

–

C-type lectin receptor signaling pathway

None found

hsa05166

–

–

Human T-cell leukemia virus 1 infection

None found

GDS3875

Diabetes

hsa05168

–

–

Herpes simplex virus 1(HSV-1) infection

HSV-1 infection has an important association with type 2 diabetes

hsa04910

–

–

Insulin signaling pathway

Insulin resistance, is generated by the disruption of the insulin signaling pathway

hsa05022

–

–

Pathways of neurodegeneration—multiple diseases

One of the conditions which result in neurodegeneration is diabetes

GDS4516

GDS4718

Colorectal cancer (CRC)

hsa04080

–

–

Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction

None found

hsa04721

–

–

Synaptic vesicle cycle

None found

hsa04724

–

–

Glutamatergic synapse

Neuroligin1 is the main component of excitatory glutamatergic synapses complex is verified as a new poor prognostic marker for CRC

GDS4824

Prostate cancer

hsa04080

–

–

Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction

None found

hsa05163

–

–

Human cytomegalovirus infection

The activation of the Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) major immediate early promoter by androgen in the prostate might contribute to oncomodulation in prostate cancers

hsa04062

–

–

Chemokine signaling pathway

Chemokines play modulatory roles in prostate cancer metastasis

GDS5037

Asthma

hsa04530

–

–

Tight junction (TJ)

Asthma may be linked to differential expression of TJ

hsa05016

–

–

Huntington’s disease

None found. However, similarly to hsa05022 below, it leads to neurodegeneration

hsa05022

–

–

Pathways of neurodegeneration—multiple diseases

Asthma, especially when severe, is associated with features of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

GDS5499

Pulmonary Hypertension

hsa04010

–

–

MAPK signaling pathway

Inhibition of the MAPK axis could prevent vascular remodeling in pulmonary artery hypertension

hsa04621

–

–

NOD-like receptor signaling pathway

NOD-like receptor subfamily C3 may potentially be a marker for PH patients

hsa04390

–

–

Hippo signaling pathway

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is ameliorated by suppressing the HIPPO signaling pathway

  1. The table shows the accession of the dataset and the disease label
  2. DAVID and Reactome columns show whether the PriPath prediction was also in the top three predictions of these tools. The pathway name is provided so the literature assessment of the top three PriPath predictions can be better appreciated. The references to the literature support are provided within the text following the table