Title
Bioconductor's EnrichmentBrowser: seamless navigation through combined results of set- & network-based enrichment analysis.
Abstract
Enrichment analysis of gene expression data is essential to find functional groups of genes whose interplay can explain experimental observations. Numerous methods have been published that either ignore (set-based) or incorporate (network-based) known interactions between genes. However, the often subtle benefits and disadvantages of the individual methods are confusing for most biological end users and there is currently no convenient way to combine methods for an enhanced result interpretation.We present the EnrichmentBrowser package as an easily applicable software that enables (1) the application of the most frequently used set-based and network-based enrichment methods, (2) their straightforward combination, and (3) a detailed and interactive visualization and exploration of the results. The package is available from the Bioconductor repository and implements additional support for standardized expression data preprocessing, differential expression analysis, and definition of suitable input gene sets and networks.The EnrichmentBrowser package implements essential functionality for the enrichment analysis of gene expression data. It combines the advantages of set-based and network-based enrichment analysis in order to derive high-confidence gene sets and biological pathways that are differentially regulated in the expression data under investigation. Besides, the package facilitates the visualization and exploration of such sets and pathways.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1186/s12859-016-0884-1
BMC Bioinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Gene expression, Differential expression, Pathway analysis, Gene set enrichment, Gene network enrichment
Data mining,Differential expression,Biology,End user,Bioconductor,Microarray analysis techniques,Pathway analysis,Bioinformatics,Gene regulatory network,Genetics,DNA microarray,Gene expression profiling
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
17
1
1471-2105
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.41
20
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ludwig Geistlinger160.80
Gergely Csaba2897.60
Ralf Zimmer326928.70