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  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Overrepresentation analysis (ORA) is a widely used bioinformatics method for interpreting gene lists from 'omics data.
  • ORA connects gene lists to biological functions and themes by assessing category enrichment against a background list.
  • Existing ORA tools may exhibit 'background problems' (excluding unannotated genes) and 'false discovery rate problems' (underestimating tests).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate and quantify the impact of identified issues in Overrepresentation Analysis (ORA) tools.
  • To investigate how gene set libraries, list size, and data noise affect ORA problems.
  • To provide solutions for mitigating these issues in omics data analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of real RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) datasets.
  • Utilization of simulated RNA-seq data for quantitative impact assessment.
  • Evaluation of different ORA packages and alternative functional analysis approaches.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the real-world impact of 'background' and 'false discovery rate' problems in ORA using RNA-seq data.
  • Quantified the influence of gene set library, gene list size, and data noise on ORA tool performance.
  • Confirmed that issues' severity varies based on dataset characteristics and chosen analysis methods.

Conclusions:

  • The identified problems in ORA tools can significantly affect the interpretation of 'omics data.
  • Alternative ORA tools or methods like functional class scoring can mitigate these issues.
  • An R/Shiny tool and supporting materials are available to address these challenges.