candidate_genes {NEpiC}

Chosing candidate genes.

Description

Chosing genes in top ranked modules as candidate genes for outcomes. Further prioritized candidate genes can be chosen based on percentages selected by top ranked modules selected if prioritizing = T.

Usage

candidate_genes(res, pct = 0.01, prioritizing)

Arguments

res

The result for c_dms.

pct

A float which determines the number of candidate genes. For example, if pct is 0.01 as default setting, the genes in top 1 percent modules will be chosen as the candidate genes.

prioritizing

To further prioritize the candidate genes or not.

Value

A list for candidate genes or prioritized candidate genes.

References

NEpiC: a Network-assisted algorithm for Epigenetic studies using mean and variance Combined signals Peifeng Ruan, Jing Shen, Regina M. Santella, Shuigeng Zhou, Shuang Wang.(2015)

Examples

# candidate_genes(res, pct = 0.01, prioritizing = T)