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Enrichment Map: A Network-Based Method for Gene-Set Enrichment Visualization and Interpretation

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Merico, Daniele, Isserlin, Ruth, Stueker, Oliver, Emili, Andrew, Bader, Gary D.·2010·PLoS ONE

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BACKGROUND: Gene-set enrichment analysis is a useful technique to help functionally characterize large gene lists, such as the results of gene expression experiments. This technique finds functionally coherent gene-sets, such as pathways, that are statistically over-represented in a given gene list. Ideally, the number of resulting sets is smaller than the number of genes in the list, thus simplifying interpretation. However, the increasing number and redundancy of gene-sets used by many current enrichment analysis software works against this ideal. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To overcome gene-set redundancy and help in the interpretation of large gene lists, we developed "Enrichment Map", a network-based visualization method for gene-set enrichment results. Gene-sets are organized in a network, where each set is a node and edges represent gene overlap between sets. Automated network layout groups related gene-sets into network clusters, enabling the user to quickly identify the major enriched functional themes and more easily interpret the enrichment results. CONCLUSIONS: Enrichment Map is a significant advance in the interpretation of enrichment analysis. Any research project that generates a list of genes can take advantage of this visualization framework. Enrichment Map is implemented as a freely available and user friendly plug-in for the Cytoscape network visualization software (http://baderlab.org/Software/EnrichmentMap/).

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  • Gene set enrichment analysis revealed that the hypoxia pathway is impaired in miR-140G/G, but not in miR-140−/− chondrocytes.

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  1. [8]Draghici S Khatri P Martins RP Ostermeier GC Krawetz SA 2003 Global functional profiling of gene expression. Genomics 81 98 104 12620386

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Authors
Merico, D., Isserlin, R., Stueker, O., Emili, A., & Bader, G. D.
Affiliations
University of Toronto (CA)
Corresponding author
  • Merico, Daniele
  • Bader, Gary D.
Venue
PLoS ONE
Published
2010-11-15
Volume
5
Issue
11
Pages
e13984
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2097948046
Cited by
2,235
References
58
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16.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
  • Genome Canada
  • Ontario Genomics
  • Ontario Genomics Institute
  • Hospital for Sick Children
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (P41 P41HG04118, P41HG04118, P41HG004118)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords
gene set enrichment analysis, network visualization, gene set overlap, network clustering, pathway over-representation, gene expression data interpretation, Cytoscape plugin
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Breast Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Estrogens, Female, Humans, Software, Reproducibility of Results, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Cluster Analysis, Computational Biology, Internet, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Regulatory Networks

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