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. 2008 Jan 30;3(1):e1528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001528

Table 1. MeSH Term Analysis for Gene and Diseases Association in Publications; Examples.

Disease MeSH Term Genome MGC HFLEX7000 MGC/Genome HFLEX7000/Genome HFLEX7000/MGC
# (%) # (%) # (%)
Neoplasms 7614 23.0 3904 40.0 1884 56.4 1.74 2.45 1.41
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms 7464 22.5 3631 37.2 1775 53.2 1.65 2.36 1.43
Nervous System Diseases 5600 16.9 2753 28.2 1366 40.9 1.67 2.42 1.45
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities 5269 15.9 2599 26.6 1287 38.5 1.67 2.42 1.4
Digestive System Diseases 4710 14.2 2465 25.2 1253 37.5 1.77 2.64 1.49
Immune System Diseases 4583 13.8 2302 23.6 1170 35.0 1.70 2.53 1.49
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases 4386 13.2 2256 23.1 1192 35.7 1.74 2.70 1.55
Urologic and Male Genital Diseases 4025 12.2 2103 21.5 1087 32.6 1.77 2.68 1.51
Endocrine System Diseases 4016 12.1 2060 21.1 1047 31.4 1.74 2.59 1.49
Cardiovascular Diseases 3969 12.0 2034 20.8 1031 30.9 1.74 2.58 1.48
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases 3956 11.9 2049 21.0 1026 30.7 1.76 2.57 1.47
Female Genital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications 3826 11.6 2011 20.6 1028 30.8 1.78 2.66 1.50
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 3670 11.1 1897 19.4 955 28.6 1.75 2.58 1.47
Respiratory Tract Diseases 3524 10.6 1808 18.5 944 28.3 1.74 2.66 1.53
Musculoskeletal Diseases 3518 10.6 1751 17.9 913 27.3 1.69 2.57 1.53
Disorders of Environmental Origin 3466 10.5 1809 18.5 935 28.0 1.77 2.68 1.51
Virus Diseases 2963 8.9 1527 15.6 804 24.1 1.75 2.69 1.54
Mental Disorders 2903 8.8 1451 14.8 785 23.5 1.69 2.68 1.58
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses 2817 8.5 1441 14.7 754 22.6 1.73 2.65 1.53
Eye Diseases 2700 8.2 1318 13.5 709 21.2 1.65 2.60 1.57
Stomatognathic Diseases 2101 6.3 1069 10.9 583 17.5 1.72 2.75 1.60
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases 1882 5.7 941 9.6 503 15.1 1.69 2.65 1.56
Parasitic Diseases 1739 5.3 918 9.4 493 14.8 1.79 2.81 1.57

Examples of MedGene analysis of disease term association with genes in PubMed, using either all human genes (2004), unique genes in MGC (2004), or HFLEX7000 (targets). Numerical values and percentiles of each class associated with genes are shown. Relative MeSH term associations in either MGC or HFLEX7000 to the genome, and in HFLEX7000 to MGC examine a potential bias in MGC or HFLEX7000 towards specific MeSH terms.