Pathway-based analysis of GWAS datasets: Effective but caution required

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-572

  Jia, Peilin ^a   Wang, Lily ^b   Meltzer, Herbert Y ^a   Zhao, Zhongming ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene set enrichment analysis; GWAS; pathway; power analysis; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HYPERGEOMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79751474481     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145710001446     Document Type: Review

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