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. 2017 Aug 25;41(3):393–406. doi: 10.1007/s10545-017-0080-0

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

An illustration of pathway analysis strategies. Metabolome pathway analysis is designed to uncover significant pathway–phenotype relationships within a large data set. On one hand, it unveils hidden data structure in experimental data through differential expression using statistical metrics. On the other hand, it uses prior knowledge retrieved through biological databases and literature. Pathway analysis combines these two pillars to interpret the experimental findings