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Area of Science:

  • Cellular Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Regulated cell death (RCD) is crucial for homeostasis and tissue integrity, involving diverse, interacting pathways.
  • Understanding the complex interplay and relative importance of RCD modalities in disease is challenging.
  • Existing methods struggle to systematically analyze RCD pathway priorities in specific biological contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an advanced methodology for systematically analyzing and prioritizing regulated cell death (RCD) pathways.
  • To create a user-friendly web application for researchers to explore RCD dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • A manually curated collection of gene sets for 18 RCD modes was created.
  • Seven gene set enrichment tests were combined using Tippet's p-value approach.
  • Robust rank aggregation evaluated pathway consensus, with priorities determined by combined p-value and consensus score.

Main Results:

  • A novel approach was developed to systematically rank and analyze 18 well-characterized RCD pathways.
  • The method integrates multiple enrichment tests and rank aggregation for robust pathway prioritization.
  • The approach was validated in the context of intracranial aneurysms, revealing complex RCD dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • A new computational method and web server (RCRank) are available for dissecting complex RCD modalities in specific biological settings.
  • The RCRank web server provides a valuable resource for researchers studying cell death pathways.
  • This work facilitates a deeper understanding of RCD's role in health and disease.