DEGsToDiseases {KnowSeq} | R Documentation

## DEGsToDiseases obtains the information about what diseases are related to the DEGs indicated by parameter.

### Description

The function obtains the information about what diseases are related to the DEGs indicated by parameter. For that, the function makes use of the web platforms gene2Diseases and targetValidation.

### Usage

    DEGsToDiseases(geneList, minCitation = 5, size = 10,
      method = "targetValidation")

### Arguments

`geneList` | A list that contains the gene symbols or gene names of the DEGs.
`minCitation` | Minimum number of citations of each genes in a disease to consider the genes related with the disease.
`size` | The number of diseases to retrieve from targetValidation
`method` | The name of the desired web platform to use for the diseases download: genes2Diseases or targetValidation

### Value

A list which contains the information about the diseases associated to each genes or to a set of genes.

### Examples

    diseases <- DEGsToDiseases(c("KRT19","BRCA1"))

[Package KnowSeq version 1.0.0 Index]