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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2011 Dec;150(6):1023–1031. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.021

Table 5.

Differentially enriched gene sets in papillary thyroid cancer associated with mortality.

Gene sets DETAILS No. Members in Gene Set No. Members in Leading Edge(%) NES* FDR** q-val FWER# p-val
AMINOACYL_TRNA _BIOSYNTHESIS Gene set involved in Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis 23 14 (61%) 1 −2.03 0.003 0.003
HSA00970_AMINOACYL_TRNA_BIOSYNTHESIS Gene set involved in Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis 31 18 (58%) −2.00 0.007 0.01
MITOCHONDRIA Large gene set involved in oxygen transport, ATP metabolism, glycolysis 391 214 (55%) −1.94 0.016 0.04
TRNA_SYNTHETASES Gene set involved in Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis 19 12 (63%) −1.92 0.020 0.06
PORPHYRIN_AND_CHLOROPHYLL_MET ABOLISM Gene set involved in heme, porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism 20 12 (60%) −1.91 0.017 0.06
HUMAN_MITODB_6_2002 A set of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation decreased in human diabetic muscle. Expression of these genes is high at sites of insulin-mediated glucose disposal, activated by PGC-1alpha and correlated with total-body aerobic capacity. 382 229 (60%) −1.88 0.026 0.09
ZELLER_MY C_UP genes that are up-regulated, or responsive, to Myc. 23 10 (43%) −1.86 0.030 0.11
FATTY_ACID_SYNT HESIS Genes involved in fatty acid synthesis 16 11 (69%) −1.84 0.037 0.16
HSA00190_OXIDATIVE_PHO SPHORYLATION Gene set involved in oxygen transport, ATP metabolism, glycolysis 113 83 (73%) −1.83 0.038 0.18
SMITH_HCV_INDUC ED_HCC_UP Potential marker genes specifically up-regulated in the majority of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumors. 33 20 (61%) −1.80 0.046 0.25
CANCERDRUGS_PROBCELL_DN Down-regulated by at least two of four cancer drugs (cisplatin, camptothecin, methotrexate and/or paclitaxel) in pro-B cells 15 11 (73%) −1.81 0.048 0.25
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NES: normalized enriched score,

**

FDR: false discovery rate,

#

FWER: family wise error rate