Table 2 Top 10 gene sets from GSEA database C2 (top) and ICHR Curated (bottom) datasets enriched in the MPRED-resistance signature

From: Glucocorticoid resistance in T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is associated with a proliferative metabolism

GSEA rank

C2 Gene set name (C2 dataset)

Functional description

P -value

FDR a

1

VOXPHOS

Oxidative phosphorylation

0.002

0.115

2

BIOSYNTHESIS_OF_STEROIDS

Biosynthesis of steroids

0.013

0.108

3

PENG_RAPAMYCIN_DOWN

Downregulated in response to Rapamycin starvation in haematopoietic cells

0.003

0.093

4

PENG_GLUTAMINE_DOWN

Downregulated in response to glutamine starvation in haematopoietic cells

0.002

0.105

5

BRCA1_OVEREXP_DN

Downregulated in response to BRCA1 induction

0.001

0.098

6

CHOLESTEROL_BIOSYNTHESIS

Cholesterol biosynthesis pathway

0.038

0.090

7

ELECTRON_TRANSPORT_CHAIN

Electron transport chain

0.009

0.086

8

GLYCOLYSIS_AND_GLUCONEOGENESIS

Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis pathway

0.001

0.098

9

SCHUMACHER_MYC_P493_TET_UP

Upregulated by MYC expression in human B cells

0.015

0.099

10

IDX_TSA_UP_CLUSTER5

Upregulated during fibroblast differentiation induced by insulin, DEX, isobutylxanthine

0.002

0.100

GSEA rank

Gene set name (ICHR- Curated dataset)

Functional description

P -value

FDR a

1

YOCUM_PROTEINS_IN_MLL_CELL_LINES_VS_CD34

Proteins expressed in MLL-translocated cell lines

0.001

0.030

2

BHOJWANI_EARLY_VS_LATE_PREB_LINREG

Genes differentially expressed between ALL early/late relapse

0.004

0.077

3

YEOH_DAV_MLL

Genes associated with MLL-patient subtypes

0.007

0.684

4

RHODES_NEOPLASTIC_META

Genes associated with the neoplastic phenotype

0.022

0.740

5

STAUNTON_696860

Response to compound NSC696860 in NCI cell lines

0.031

0.601

6

LAMB_DEX_UP

Upregulated in DEX-sensitive ALL cells

0.040

0.664

7

WEI_DOWN_IN_DEX_RESISTANCE

Downregulated in DEX-resistant ALL cells

0.040

0.569

8

LAMB_COMBINED_PHENOTHIAZINE

Upregulated in response to phenothiazine in cell lines

0.008

0.557

9

KIRSCHNER_SCWABE_ALL_EARLY_VS_LATE_RELAPSE

Genes differentially expressed between early/late ALL relapse

0.029

0.623

10

STAUNTON_668281

Response to compound NSC668281 in NCI cell lines

0.034

0.577

  1. aFDR=false discovery rate calculated by GSEA.