Pre-ranked GSEA was performed using the GSEA V3.0 software24 (link),25 (link) using standard settings and all gene sets included in the Molecular Signatures Database v6.2. As input we used expression fold change values (DAPK1 ko clones vs. HCT116) for the 770 transcripts profiled by the nCounter® PanCancer Progression Panel (NanoString Technologies Hamburg, Germany). Gene sets were manually categorized into functional gene-set groups representing biological properties relevant to this paper using the following keywords for each category: ECM matrix (keywords: matrisome, ECM, extracellular collagen); EMT/invasion (keywords: mesenchymal, invasive, epithelial cell migration); integrin pathways (keyword: integrin); cell-substrate adhesion (keywords: matrix adhesion, substrate adhesion, focal adhesion); and healing/inflammation (keywords: wound, “inflam”); Cell–cell adhesion (keywords: cell cycle); chromosome organization (keywords: chromosome, chromatin). All gene sets containing the terms “positive regulation of”, “Negative regulation of”, “UP” and “DN” were omitted from the analysis.
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