Research Article

MPINet: Metabolite Pathway Identification via Coupling of Global Metabolite Network Structure and Metabolomic Profile

Table 1

Top-ranked 15 pathways in MPINet and their ranks in MetPA.

Pathway nameFDR-NR-PI-P

Arginine and proline metabolism*8.15E − 0960.21
Caffeine metabolism 120.17
Tryptophan metabolism*5.75E − 07170.14
Primary bile acid biosynthesis 170.14
Ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis 330.05
Steroid hormone biosynthesis*2.65E − 05380.03
Cyanoamino acid metabolism0.00019120.17
Tyrosine metabolism*0.00034340.04
Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism0.0004260.07
Linoleic acid metabolism0.001210.62
Cysteine and methionine metabolism0.003990.19
Arachidonic acid metabolism*0.0039
Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism0.0043340.04
Inositol phosphate metabolism*0.007170.14
Valine, leucine, and isoleucine degradation*0.0081260.07

FDR-N: FDR values of pathways in MPINet; R-P and I-P: ranks and impact scores for MetPA. Bold pathways have been well reported to be related with cancer. Ranks of pathways marked by asterisk in MPINet surpass that in MetPA.