方法对比

	基于网络的RNA测序差异表达分析	通路富集分析
领域	生物信息学	生物信息学
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	2002–2005	2003–2005
提出者	Ideker et al. (network scoring); Zhang & Horvath (WGCNA framework)	Mootha et al. (2003); systematised by Subramanian et al. (2005)
类型	Integrative computational pipeline	Statistical functional annotation method
开创性文献	Zhang, B., & Horvath, S. (2005). A general framework for weighted gene co-expression network analysis. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4(1), Article 17.	Subramanian, A., Tamayo, P., Mootha, V. K., Mukherjee, S., Ebert, B. L., Gillette, M. A., Paulovich, A., Pomeroy, S. L., Golub, T. R., Lander, E. S., & Mesirov, J. P. (2005). Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(43), 15545–15550.
别名	network-aware DE analysis, gene network differential expression, co-expression network DE, NB-DEA	PEA, overrepresentation analysis, ORA, functional enrichment analysis
相关	5	6
摘要	Network-based RNA-seq differential expression analysis integrates conventional differential expression testing with gene interaction networks — such as protein-protein interaction graphs or weighted co-expression networks — to identify not just individual differentially expressed genes but coherent, biologically meaningful gene modules that change together between conditions. This approach substantially reduces false positives and surfaces pathway-level signals invisible to gene-by-gene testing.	Pathway enrichment analysis (PEA) is a statistical approach that takes a list of genes or proteins of interest — typically derived from a differential expression or proteomics experiment — and identifies which pre-defined biological pathways or functional gene sets are represented more often than expected by chance. By mapping individual molecular changes onto curated pathway knowledge bases such as KEGG, Gene Ontology, or Reactome, PEA translates long gene lists into interpretable biological processes, making it a central tool in the post-analysis of high-throughput omics experiments.