Differential Gene Expression Analysis

Pan-cancer | Necroptosis, Ferroptosis & Pyroptosis | Unique Genes per RCD Type

I. Preliminaries

Loading libraries

library("tidyverse")
library("tibble")
library("msigdbr")
library("ggplot2")
library("TCGAbiolinks")
library("RNAseqQC")
library("DESeq2")
library("ensembldb")
library("purrr")
library("magrittr")
library("vsn")
library("matrixStats")
library("dplyr")
library("grex")

II. Downloading the TCGA gene expression data

Create a function for downloading TCGA gene expression data.

For more detailed documentation, refer to 2. Differential Gene Expression Analysis - TCGA.Rmd.

query_and_filter_samples <- function(project) {
  query_tumor <- GDCquery(
    project = project,
    data.category = "Transcriptome Profiling",
    data.type = "Gene Expression Quantification",
    experimental.strategy = "RNA-Seq",
    workflow.type = "STAR - Counts",
    access = "open",
    sample.type = "Primary Tumor"
  )
  tumor <- getResults(query_tumor)

  query_normal <- GDCquery(
    project = project,
    data.category = "Transcriptome Profiling",
    data.type = "Gene Expression Quantification",
    experimental.strategy = "RNA-Seq",
    workflow.type = "STAR - Counts",
    access = "open",
    sample.type = "Solid Tissue Normal"
  )
  normal <- getResults(query_normal)

  submitter_ids <- inner_join(tumor, normal, by = "cases.submitter_id") %>%
    dplyr::select(cases.submitter_id)
  tumor <- tumor %>%
    dplyr::filter(cases.submitter_id %in% submitter_ids$cases.submitter_id)
  normal <- normal %>%
    dplyr::filter(cases.submitter_id %in% submitter_ids$cases.submitter_id)

  samples <- rbind(tumor, normal)
  unique(samples$sample_type)

  query_project <- GDCquery(
    project = project,
    data.category = "Transcriptome Profiling",
    data.type = "Gene Expression Quantification",
    experimental.strategy = "RNA-Seq",
    workflow.type = "STAR - Counts",
    access = "open",
    sample.type = c("Solid Tissue Normal", "Primary Tumor"),
    barcode = as.list(samples$sample.submitter_id)
  )

  # If this is your first time running this notebook (i.e., you have not yet downloaded the results of the query in the previous block),
  # uncomment the line below

  # GDCdownload(query_project)

  return(list(samples = samples, query_project = query_project))
}

Download the TCGA gene expression data for all the cancer types in TCGA.

Refer to this link for the list of TCGA cancer type abbreviations: https://gdc.cancer.gov/resources-tcga-users/tcga-code-tables/tcga-study-abbreviations

projects <- c(
  "TCGA-LAML", "TCGA-ACC", "TCGA-BLCA", "TCGA-LGG", "TCGA-BRCA",
  "TCGA-CESC", "TCGA-CHOL", "TCGA-COAD", "TCGA-ESCA",
  "TCGA-HNSC", "TCGA-KICH", "TCGA-KIRC",
  "TCGA-KIRP", "TCGA-LIHC", "TCGA-LUAD", "TCGA-LUSC", "TCGA-DLBC",
  "TCGA-MESO", "TCGA-OV", "TCGA-PAAD", "TCGA-PCPG", "TCGA-PRAD",
  "TCGA-READ", "TCGA-SARC", "TCGA-STAD", "TCGA-TGCT",
  "TCGA-THYM", "TCGA-THCA", "TCGA-UCS", "TCGA-UCEC", "TCGA-UVM"
)

with_results_projects <- c()

samples <- list()
project_data <- list()

for (project in projects) {
  result <- tryCatch(
    {
      result <- query_and_filter_samples(project)
      samples[[project]] <- result$samples
      project_data[[project]] <- result$query_project

      with_results_projects <- c(with_results_projects, project)
    },
    error = function(e) {

    }
  )
}

Running the code block above should generate and populate a directory named GDCdata.

III. Data preprocessing

Construct the RNA-seq count matrix for each cancer type.

tcga_data <- list()
tcga_matrix <- list()

projects <- with_results_projects
for (project in projects) {
  tcga_data[[project]] <- GDCprepare(project_data[[project]], summarizedExperiment = TRUE)
}

for (project in projects) {
  count_matrix <- assay(tcga_data[[project]], "unstranded")

  # Remove duplicate entries
  count_matrix_df <- data.frame(count_matrix)
  count_matrix_df <- count_matrix_df[!duplicated(count_matrix_df), ]
  count_matrix <- data.matrix(count_matrix_df)
  rownames(count_matrix) <- cleanid(rownames(count_matrix))
  count_matrix <- count_matrix[!(duplicated(rownames(count_matrix)) | duplicated(rownames(count_matrix), fromLast = TRUE)), ]

  tcga_matrix[[project]] <- count_matrix
}

Format the samples table so that it can be fed as input to DESeq2.

for (project in projects) {
  rownames(samples[[project]]) <- samples[[project]]$cases
  samples[[project]] <- samples[[project]] %>%
    dplyr::select(case = "cases.submitter_id", type = "sample_type")
  samples[[project]]$type <- str_replace(samples[[project]]$type, "Solid Tissue Normal", "normal")
  samples[[project]]$type <- str_replace(samples[[project]]$type, "Primary Tumor", "tumor")
}

DESeq2 requires the row names of samples should be identical to the column names of count_matrix.

for (project in projects) {
  colnames(tcga_matrix[[project]]) <- gsub(x = colnames(tcga_matrix[[project]]), pattern = "\\.", replacement = "-")
  tcga_matrix[[project]] <- tcga_matrix[[project]][, rownames(samples[[project]])]

  # Sanity check
  print(all(colnames(tcga_matrix[[project]]) == rownames(samples[[project]])))
}

IV. Differential gene expression analysis

References:

• Official documentation: https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/vignettes/DESeq2/inst/doc/DESeq2.html
• Good balance of theory and hands-on: https://hbctraining.github.io/DGE_workshop/lessons/04_DGE_DESeq2_analysis.html
• Quality control: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RNAseqQC/vignettes/introduction.html

Construct the DESeqDataSet object for each cancer type.

dds_results <- list()

for (project in projects) {
  dds_results[[project]] <- DESeqDataSetFromMatrix(
    countData = tcga_matrix[[project]],
    colData = samples[[project]],
    design = ~type
  )
}

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Regulated Cell Death

We obtain the gene sets from RCDdb: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11384979/

Download the gene sets by running:

wget http://chenyclab.com/RCDdb/download/Necroptosis.csv -P data/RCDdb/
wget http://chenyclab.com/RCDdb/download/Ferroptosis.csv -P data/RCDdb/
wget http://chenyclab.com/RCDdb/download/Pyroptosis.csv -P data/RCDdb/

Afterwards, filter the gene sets in order to retain only the genes unique to the RCD type of interest.

This filtering step is handled by a separate Python script and can be performed by running:

python 7-get-unique-genes.py

Running this script should generate and populate a directory inside temp named unique_genes/necroptosis_ferroptosis_pyroptosis.

RCDdb <- "temp/unique_genes/necroptosis_ferroptosis_pyroptosis/"

Write utility functions for filtering the gene sets, performing differential gene expression analysis, and plotting the results.

filter_gene_set_and_perform_dgea <- function(genes) {
  tcga_rcd <- list()

  for (project in projects) {
    rownames(genes) <- genes$gene_id
    tcga_rcd[[project]] <- tcga_matrix[[project]][rownames(tcga_matrix[[project]]) %in% genes$gene_id, ]
    tcga_rcd[[project]] <- tcga_rcd[[project]][, rownames(samples[[project]])]
  }

  dds_rcd <- list()
  res_rcd <- list()

  for (project in projects) {
    print(project)
    print("=============")
    dds <- DESeqDataSetFromMatrix(
      countData = tcga_rcd[[project]],
      colData = samples[[project]],
      design = ~type
    )
    dds <- filter_genes(dds, min_count = 10)
    dds$type <- relevel(dds$type, ref = "normal")
    dds_rcd[[project]] <- DESeq(dds)
    res_rcd[[project]] <- results(dds_rcd[[project]])
  }

  deseq.bbl.data <- list()

  for (project in projects) {
    deseq.results <- res_rcd[[project]]
    deseq.bbl.data[[project]] <- data.frame(
      row.names = rownames(deseq.results),
      baseMean = deseq.results$baseMean,
      log2FoldChange = deseq.results$log2FoldChange,
      lfcSE = deseq.results$lfcSE,
      stat = deseq.results$stat,
      pvalue = deseq.results$pvalue,
      padj = deseq.results$padj,
      cancer_type = project,
      gene_symbol = genes[rownames(deseq.results), "gene"]
    )
  }

  deseq.bbl.data.combined <- bind_rows(deseq.bbl.data)
  deseq.bbl.data.combined <- dplyr::filter(deseq.bbl.data.combined, abs(log2FoldChange) >= 1.5 & padj < 0.05)

  return(deseq.bbl.data.combined)
}

plot_dgea <- function(deseq.bbl.data.combined) {
  sizes <- c("<10^-15" = 4, "10^-10" = 3, "10^-5" = 2, "0.05" = 1)

  deseq.bbl.data.combined <- deseq.bbl.data.combined %>%
    mutate(fdr_category = cut(padj,
      breaks = c(-Inf, 1e-15, 1e-10, 1e-5, 0.05),
      labels = c("<10^-15", "10^-10", "10^-5", "0.05"),
      right = FALSE
    ))

  top_genes <- deseq.bbl.data.combined %>%
    group_by(cancer_type) %>%
    mutate(rank = rank(-abs(log2FoldChange))) %>%
    dplyr::filter(rank <= 10) %>%
    ungroup()

  ggplot(top_genes, aes(y = cancer_type, x = gene_symbol, size = fdr_category, fill = log2FoldChange)) +
    geom_point(alpha = 0.5, shape = 21, color = "black") +
    scale_size_manual(values = sizes) +
    scale_fill_gradient2(low = "blue", mid = "white", high = "red", limits = c(min(deseq.bbl.data.combined$log2FoldChange), max(deseq.bbl.data.combined$log2FoldChange))) +
    theme_minimal() +
    theme(
      axis.text.x = element_text(size = 9, angle = 90, hjust = 1)
    ) +
    theme(legend.position = "bottom") +
    theme(legend.position = "bottom") +
    labs(size = "Adjusted p-value", fill = "log2 FC", y = "Cancer type", x = "Gene")
}

1. Necroptosis

Fetch the gene set of interest.

genes <- read.csv(paste0(RCDdb, "Necroptosis.csv"))
print(genes)

genes$gene_id <- cleanid(genes$gene_id)
genes <- distinct(genes, gene_id, .keep_all = TRUE)
genes <- subset(genes, gene_id != "")
genes

Filter the genes to include only those in the gene set of interest, and then perform differential gene expression analysis.

deseq.bbl.data.combined <- filter_gene_set_and_perform_dgea(genes)

[1] "TCGA-BLCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-BRCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-CESC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
-- note: fitType='parametric', but the dispersion trend was not well captured by the
   function: y = a/x + b, and a local regression fit was automatically substituted.
   specify fitType='local' or 'mean' to avoid this message next time.
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-CHOL"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-COAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-ESCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-HNSC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KICH"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KIRC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KIRP"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LIHC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LUAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LUSC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PAAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PCPG"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
-- note: fitType='parametric', but the dispersion trend was not well captured by the
   function: y = a/x + b, and a local regression fit was automatically substituted.
   specify fitType='local' or 'mean' to avoid this message next time.
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PRAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-READ"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-SARC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-STAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-THYM"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-THCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 2 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-UCEC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

deseq.bbl.data.combined

Plot the results.

plot_dgea(deseq.bbl.data.combined)

2. Ferroptosis

Fetch the gene set of interest.

genes <- read.csv(paste0(RCDdb, "Ferroptosis.csv"))
genes$gene_id <- cleanid(genes$gene_id)
genes <- distinct(genes, gene_id, .keep_all = TRUE)
genes <- subset(genes, gene_id != "")
genes

Filter the genes to include only those in the gene set of interest, and then perform differential gene expression analysis.

deseq.bbl.data.combined <- filter_gene_set_and_perform_dgea(genes)

[1] "TCGA-BLCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 38 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-BRCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 39 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-CESC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-CHOL"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 20 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-COAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 21 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-ESCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 34 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-HNSC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 19 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KICH"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 19 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KIRC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 25 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KIRP"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 19 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LIHC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 35 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LUAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 21 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LUSC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 17 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PAAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PCPG"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PRAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 22 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-READ"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 8 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-SARC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-STAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 17 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-THYM"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-THCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 10 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-UCEC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 22 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

deseq.bbl.data.combined

Plot the results.

plot_dgea(deseq.bbl.data.combined)

3. Pyroptosis

Fetch the gene set of interest.

genes <- read.csv(paste0(RCDdb, "Pyroptosis.csv"))
genes$gene_id <- cleanid(genes$gene_id)
genes <- distinct(genes, gene_id, .keep_all = TRUE)
genes <- subset(genes, gene_id != "")
genes

Filter the genes to include only those in the gene set of interest, and then perform differential gene expression analysis.

deseq.bbl.data.combined <- filter_gene_set_and_perform_dgea(genes)

[1] "TCGA-BLCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 4 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-BRCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-CESC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-CHOL"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 2 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-COAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 3 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-ESCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 4 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-HNSC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KICH"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 3 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KIRC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-KIRP"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LIHC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 3 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LUAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-LUSC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 2 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PAAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PCPG"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-PRAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-READ"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 1 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-SARC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
-- note: fitType='parametric', but the dispersion trend was not well captured by the
   function: y = a/x + b, and a local regression fit was automatically substituted.
   specify fitType='local' or 'mean' to avoid this message next time.
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-STAD"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 2 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-THYM"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-THCA"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 3 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

[1] "TCGA-UCEC"
[1] "============="

Warning: some variables in design formula are characters, converting to factorsestimating size factors
estimating dispersions
gene-wise dispersion estimates
mean-dispersion relationship
final dispersion estimates
fitting model and testing
-- replacing outliers and refitting for 4 genes
-- DESeq argument 'minReplicatesForReplace' = 7 
-- original counts are preserved in counts(dds)
estimating dispersions
fitting model and testing

deseq.bbl.data.combined

Plot the results.

plot_dgea(deseq.bbl.data.combined)

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1. De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, gonzales.markedward@gmail.com↩︎

2. De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, anish.shrestha@dlsu.edu.ph↩︎