Table 3 The significant subpathways identified by Subpathway-CorSP using metastatic prostate cancer data set (P < 0.05).

From: Subpathway-CorSP: Identification of metabolic subpathways via integrating expression correlations and topological features between metabolites and genes of interest within pathways

Subpathway ID

PathwayName

Subpathway-CorSP

Pathway-G

Pathway-M

IMPaLA

Subpathway-GM

Possible relation to the cancer

Reference (PMID)

path:00260_1

Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism

3.88E-05

0.64728481

0.02756179

0.01784033

1

De novo Purine synthesis

19063642; 15229480

path:00561_1#

Glycerolipid metabolism

0.00037304

0.42565344

0.36324046

0.15461455

0.12596684

High energy demend and cell propagation

18757836; 21802006

path:00563_1#

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol(GPI)-anchor biosynthesis

0.00057710

0.51188267

1

1

1

Suppress invasion of prostate and breast cancer cells

16822939

path:00910_1

Nitrogen metabolism

0.00170052

0.06603059

0.29898906

0.01974242

0.02030707

Enhance anti-cancer activity

23746196; 26174441

path:00230_1

Purine metabolism

0.00253999

0.12987834

0.00018704

2.43E-05

0.20697902

High DNA/RNA turnover in cancer

19063642

path:00562_1

Inositol phosphate metabolism

0.00904761

0.54447931

0.41370312

0.22525279

0.02864760

Membrane receptor signaling cascades and anti-cancer activity

14608114; 20414202

path:00410_2

beta-Alanine metabolism

0.01083417

0.44423116

0.00070088

0.00031135

1

Inhibit prostate cancer metastases

22824219; 21071389

path:00480_1

Glutathione metabolism

0.01891404

0.66681313

0.01398493

0.00932534

0.01144082

Impact resistance of cancer cells

26056813; 25144624

path:00510_3#

N-Glycan biosynthesis

0.02567615

0.22296249

1

1

1

Efficient detection of prostate cancer

18701493; 25154914

path:00983_4#

Drug metabolism-other enzymes

0.02567615

0.97396069

1

1

1

Metabolism of anti-cancer drug

21215737; 21533940

path:00240_2

Pyrimidine metabolism

0.02716418

0.22648719

0.00770142

0.00174427

1

Inhibition of metastatic prostate cancer

25360799; 25178642

path:00603_1

Glycosphingolipid biosynthesis- globo series

0.02722552

0.06424124

1

1

0.00202817

Tumor grade diagnosis and tumor prognosis

26132161; 25715344

path:00601_1#

Glycosphingolipid biosynthesis- lacto and neolacto series

0.03676192

1

1

1

1

Cell adhesion and the growth of tumor cells

20428086; 19658179

path:00740_2

Riboflavin metabolism

0.04837857

0.03385502

1

1

1

Increase metastatic ability of prostate cells

24791272; 17933458

  1. Subpathways with # symbol are uniquely identified by Subpathway-CorSP.