MGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis.

Gene expression analysis is becoming increasingly utilized in neuro-immunology research, and there is a growing need for non-programming scientists to be able to analyze their own genomic data. MGEnrichment is a web application developed both to disseminate to the community our curated database of m...

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Autores principales: Justin Jao, Annie Vogel Ciernia
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:67e8a47c4a4c4c46a3531adcf9f911eb2021-12-02T19:57:57ZMGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis.1553-734X1553-735810.1371/journal.pcbi.1009160https://doaj.org/article/67e8a47c4a4c4c46a3531adcf9f911eb2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009160https://doaj.org/toc/1553-734Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1553-7358Gene expression analysis is becoming increasingly utilized in neuro-immunology research, and there is a growing need for non-programming scientists to be able to analyze their own genomic data. MGEnrichment is a web application developed both to disseminate to the community our curated database of microglia-relevant gene lists, and to allow non-programming scientists to easily conduct statistical enrichment analysis on their gene expression data. Users can upload their own gene IDs to assess the relevance of their expression data against gene lists from other studies. We include example datasets of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from human postmortem brain samples from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and matched controls. We demonstrate how MGEnrichment can be used to expand the interpretations of these DEG lists in terms of regulation of microglial gene expression and provide novel insights into how ASD DEGs may be implicated specifically in microglial development, microbiome responses and relationships to other neuropsychiatric disorders. This tool will be particularly useful for those working in microglia, autism spectrum disorders, and neuro-immune activation research. MGEnrichment is available at https://ciernialab.shinyapps.io/MGEnrichmentApp/ and further online documentation and datasets can be found at https://github.com/ciernialab/MGEnrichmentApp. The app is released under the GNU GPLv3 open source license.Justin JaoAnnie Vogel CierniaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Computational Biology, Vol 17, Iss 11, p e1009160 (2021)
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Justin Jao
Annie Vogel Ciernia
MGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis.
description Gene expression analysis is becoming increasingly utilized in neuro-immunology research, and there is a growing need for non-programming scientists to be able to analyze their own genomic data. MGEnrichment is a web application developed both to disseminate to the community our curated database of microglia-relevant gene lists, and to allow non-programming scientists to easily conduct statistical enrichment analysis on their gene expression data. Users can upload their own gene IDs to assess the relevance of their expression data against gene lists from other studies. We include example datasets of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from human postmortem brain samples from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and matched controls. We demonstrate how MGEnrichment can be used to expand the interpretations of these DEG lists in terms of regulation of microglial gene expression and provide novel insights into how ASD DEGs may be implicated specifically in microglial development, microbiome responses and relationships to other neuropsychiatric disorders. This tool will be particularly useful for those working in microglia, autism spectrum disorders, and neuro-immune activation research. MGEnrichment is available at https://ciernialab.shinyapps.io/MGEnrichmentApp/ and further online documentation and datasets can be found at https://github.com/ciernialab/MGEnrichmentApp. The app is released under the GNU GPLv3 open source license.
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title MGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis.
title_short MGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis.
title_full MGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis.
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title_full_unstemmed MGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis.
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