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pathwayPCA

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Integrative Pathway Analysis with Modern PCA Methodology and Gene Selection

v1.28.0 · software · GPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.9 · May 3, 2019

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 15 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

pathwayPCA is an integrative analysis tool that implements the principal component analysis (PCA) based pathway analysis approaches described in Chen et al. (2008), Chen et al. (2010), and Chen (2011). pathwayPCA allows users to: (1) Test pathway association with binary, continuous, or survival phenotypes. (2) Extract relevant genes in the pathways using the SuperPCA and AES-PCA approaches. (3) Compute principal components (PCs) based on the selected genes. These estimated latent variables represent pathway activities for individual subjects, which can then be used to perform integrative pathway analysis, such as multi-omics analysis. (4) Extract relevant genes that drive pathway significance as well as data corresponding to these relevant genes for additional in-depth analysis. (5) Perform analyses with enhanced computational efficiency with parallel computing and enhanced data safety with S4-class data objects. (6) Analyze studies with complex experimental designs, with multiple covariates, and with interaction effects, e.g., testing whether pathway association with clinical phenotype is different between male and female subjects. Citations: Chen et al. (2008) <https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btn458>; Chen et al. (2010) <https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.20532>; and Chen (2011) <https://doi.org/10.2202/1544-6115.1697>.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

52 12 exported

Complexity

4.4 avg / 26 max

Call network

52 nodes / 35 edges

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

15,189

Files

260

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 7,730 (50.9%)Tests 619 (4.1%)Docs 4,399 (29%)Vignettes 2,441 (16.1%)

API

Exported functions

29

Internal functions

39

Recent export changes

v3.9+26 getAssay<-, getEvent<-, getEventTime<- +23 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.08

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["travis"]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.1

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

15

First release

2019-06-10

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v3.9: 14,375 LOCv3.10: 14,985 LOCv3.11: 14,985 LOCv3.12: 15,133 LOCv3.13: 15,133 LOCv3.14: 15,133 LOCv3.15: 15,156 LOCv3.16: 15,156 LOCv3.17: 15,189 LOCv3.18: 15,189 LOCv3.19: 15,189 LOCv3.20: 15,189 LOCv3.21: 15,189 LOCv3.22: 15,189 LOCv3.23: 15,189 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 583 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
98%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
0%

Topics

Depended on by (1)

Bioconductor (1)

People

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Cite this package

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citation("pathwayPCA")
Odom, G., Ban, J., Chen, S., Liu, L., & Wang, L. (2026). pathwayPCA: Integrative Pathway Analysis with Modern PCA Methodology and Gene Selection (Version 1.28.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/pathwayPCA

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for pathwayPCA version 1.28.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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