BMC Bioinformatics

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Comparative evaluation of gene-set analysis methods

Qi Liu1, Irina Dinu1, Adeniyi J Adewale1, John D Potter2 and Yutaka Yasui1*

Author Affiliations

1 School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2G3, Canada

2 Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, 98109, USA

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BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8:431 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-8-431

Published: 7 November 2007

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Additional file 1:

The analysis results of the two real-world microarray datasets (gender and leukemia) by the three methods. These three methods were applied and compared on two real-world microarray datasets: the male vs. female lymphoblastoid cell microarray dataset and the ALL- and AML-cell microarray dataset.

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FDR values for the 17 gene sets listed in Table 2. FDR values of the 17 gene sets listed in Table 2 are presented.

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P-values and FDR values for the three "self-contained null hypothesis" and three "competitive null hypothesis" approaches. The three "self-contained null hypothesis" and three "competitive null hypothesis" approaches were applied to the p53 dataset. The p-values and FDR values for the 17 gene sets listed in Table 2 are presented.

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