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Table 1 Pathway analysis methods investigated in this study

From: Identifying significantly impacted pathways: a comprehensive review and assessment

 

Method

Category

R-function/package version

Pathway database

1

Fisher’s exact test

non-TB

fisher.test

KEGG v.65

2

WebGestalt

non-TB

WebGestaltR 0.3.1

KEGG v.65

3

GOstats

non-TB

2.48.0

KEGG v.65

4

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

non-TB

ks.test

KEGG v.65

5

Wilcoxon rank sum

non-TB

wilcox.test

KEGG v.65

6

GSEA

non-TB

1.0

KEGG v.65

7

GSA

non-TB

1.03

KEGG v.65

8

PADOG

non-TB

1.20.0

KEGG v.65

9

SPIA

TB

2.30.0

KEGG v.65

10

ROntoTools

TB

2.6.0

KEGG v.65

11

CePaORA

TB

0.5

KEGG (version unknown)

12

CePaGSA

TB

0.5

KEGG (version unknown)

13

PathNet

TB

1.18.0

KEGG v.56

  1. Versions of KEGG of CePa methods are unknown because they are embedded in the software
  2. non-TB non-topology-based method, TB topology-based method