Semantic categories and supercategories

Use this guide to find one of the 158 LISA categories and understand the biological scope in which the fixed dictionary places it. The catalogue records dictionary assignments and representative member gene sets, not the enrichment result of a particular study.

Search for a category

In R or RStudio, read the installed catalogue as an ordinary data frame:

catalog_path <- system.file(
  "extdata", "semantic-catalog", "semantic_category_catalog.tsv",
  package = "lisaR", mustWork = TRUE
)
semantic_catalog <- read.delim(
  catalog_path, sep = "\t", quote = "", comment.char = "",
  colClasses = "character", check.names = FALSE
)

View(semantic_catalog)

Filter by words in the display name or description when you do not yet know an ID:

query <- "repair|checkpoint"
matches <- grepl(
  query,
  paste(
    semantic_catalog$category_display_name,
    semantic_catalog$category_description
  ),
  ignore.case = TRUE
)
semantic_catalog[matches, c(
  "universe", "category_id", "category_display_name",
  "macrogroup_name", "core_member_gene_sets"
)]

Once you have an exact ID, select it together with its collection. This avoids matching a similar label in the wrong biological scope:

chosen <- semantic_catalog[
  semantic_catalog$universe == "GOBP-C2" &
    semantic_catalog$category_id == "DNA_DAMAGE_REPAIR_CHECKPOINTS",
  c("category_display_name", "macrogroup_name", "core_member_gene_sets",
    "example_gene_set_1", "example_gene_set_2", "example_gene_set_3")
]
stopifnot(nrow(chosen) == 1L)
print(chosen, row.names = FALSE)

View() opens the data frame in RStudio’s viewer; the other examples print subsets in the R console. The count is membership in the core dictionary. The one to three examples illustrate the category’s scope. They are not its full membership list or the strongest results from your study. The report’s evidence sheet, not this catalogue, supplies NES, FDR, leading edges and gene-level DE.

Member sets and category assignments

A gene set may be assigned to two categories in one supercategory. It then contributes one distinct set but two assignments. The bundled count table lets you check that distinction directly:

semantic_counts <- read.delim(system.file(
  "extdata", "semantic-catalog", "semantic_supercategory_counts.tsv",
  package = "lisaR", mustWork = TRUE
), sep = "\t", check.names = FALSE)
pi3k <- semantic_counts[
  semantic_counts$macrogroup_id == "PI3K_AKT_MTOR",
  c("universe", "macrogroup_id", "core_distinct_gene_sets",
    "core_member_assignments")
]
stopifnot(nrow(pi3k) == 1L,
          pi3k$core_distinct_gene_sets == 59L,
          pi3k$core_member_assignments == 88L)
print(pi3k, row.names = FALSE)

The 59 distinct gene sets have 88 assignments across categories in this supercategory. Assignment counts and distinct gene-set counts therefore measure different properties of the dictionary.

To open the corresponding study evidence, use the category navigator or gene search described in the report guide.

Catalogue sources and scope

The four semantic collections are GOBP-C2, GOMF, GOCC and PATHWAYS. HALLMARKS is a separate direct gene-set collection, not another LISA category catalogue. Category descriptions and one to three exact member identifiers were checked against lisa_dictionary_core@1.0.0. The existing provenance also checks the same category vocabulary in lisa_dictionary_expanded@1.0.0; this guide does not compare tiers or study results.

The biological summary before each table describes the supercategory. Within a table, read the exact category label and representative member IDs together. The installed catalogue also includes a category_description field for text searches. Its descriptions restate the category labels.

Descriptions and examples delimit a theme; they do not assert activation, inhibition or causality. Example selection uses semantic representativeness and stable tie-breaking on specificity, lexical match and gene-set identifier. Dictionary membership supplies no numerical weight or gene-priority score. Study evidence uses the member gene sets’ enrichment and gene-level results.

Unassigned gene sets remain in the complete tested universe. The OTHER_UNCLASSIFIED residual is tabular, not a biological category or figure. For GOBP-C2, GOMF and GOCC it has dedicated residual tables; PATHWAYS retains the complete GSEA ledger without a separate residual table.

The core and expanded classification dictionaries and category map are included in lisaR. Gene-set-to-gene memberships are a separate external resource. Source conditions are recorded in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md. See Resources and provenance for those resource roles; no additional resource installation is needed to read this catalogue.

Source versions and checksums accompany the installed catalogue in extdata/semantic-catalog/SEMANTIC_CATALOG_PROVENANCE.tsv.

The active category map contains only categories with at least one exact assignment in the core or expanded dictionary. Supercategories without a retained category are absent from the active map.

Collection Supercategories Categories Core member assignments
GOBP-C2 10 40 11729
GOMF 9 37 1860
GOCC 6 12 1003
PATHWAYS 17 69 921

Catalogue

GOBP-C2

Use this collection for biological processes and programmes. It combines Gene Ontology Biological Process with selected curated C2 pathway families, so one supercategory can span cellular mechanisms, tissues and organismal development. Read the exact member IDs before narrowing a broad category to one experimental mechanism.

Developmental and neural programs (DEVELOPMENT_NEURAL)

Groups developmental, morphogenetic, neurogenic and synaptic biological programmes.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 1738 distinct core gene sets and 1801 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Development and morphogenesis (DEVELOPMENT_MORPHOGENESIS) 1010 GOBP_DEVELOPMENTAL_GROWTH_INVOLVED_IN_MORPHOGENESIS
GOBP_EAR_DEVELOPMENT
WP_HEART_DEVELOPMENT
Neurogenesis and synapse (NEUROGENESIS_SYNAPSE) 791 GOBP_NEUROGENESIS
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_NEUROGENESIS
GOBP_SYNAPSE_PRUNING

Genome and gene expression (GENOME_GENE_EXPRESSION)

Groups genome maintenance and the transcriptional, post-transcriptional and translational control of gene expression.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 1076 distinct core gene sets and 1090 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
DNA damage, repair and checkpoints (DNA_DAMAGE_REPAIR_CHECKPOINTS) 295 GOBP_REGULATION_OF_DNA_DAMAGE_CHECKPOINT
GOBP_DNA_REPAIR
REACTOME_DNA_REPAIR
RNA processing and RNP biology (RNA_PROCESSING_SPLICING_RNP) 263 GOBP_RNA_PROCESSING
GOBP_MITOCHONDRIAL_RNA_PROCESSING
GOBP_RNA_3_END_PROCESSING
Transcription, chromatin and epigenetics (TRANSCRIPTION_CHROMATIN_EPIGENETICS) 416 GOBP_CHROMATIN_LOOPING
GOBP_MRNA_TRANSCRIPTION
GOBP_RRNA_TRANSCRIPTION
Translation and ribosome (TRANSLATION_RIBOSOME) 116 KEGG_RIBOSOME
GOBP_TRANSLATION
REACTOME_TRANSLATION

Immune and inflammatory biology (IMMUNE_INFLAMMATION)

Groups adaptive, innate, cytokine, complement and antigen-presentation programmes in immune and inflammatory biology.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 1321 distinct core gene sets and 1356 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Adaptive immunity and antigen presentation (IMMUNE_ADAPTIVE_ANTIGEN_MHC) 328 GOBP_ANTIGEN_PROCESSING_AND_PRESENTATION
KEGG_ANTIGEN_PROCESSING_AND_PRESENTATION
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_ANTIGEN_PROCESSING_AND_PRESENTATION
Cytokine and inflammatory signaling (IMMUNE_CYTOKINE_INFLAMMATORY) 535 WP_CYTOKINES_AND_INFLAMMATORY_RESPONSE
BIOCARTA_INFLAM_PATHWAY
BIOCARTA_CYTOKINE_PATHWAY
Immune core (IMMUNE_CORE) 185 GOBP_REGULATION_OF_IMMUNE_RESPONSE
GOBP_IMMUNE_EFFECTOR_PROCESS
GOBP_ACTIVATION_OF_IMMUNE_RESPONSE
Innate immunity, complement and PRR (IMMUNE_INNATE_COMPLEMENT_PRR) 308 WP_COMPLEMENT_SYSTEM
WP_COMPLEMENT_ACTIVATION
GOBP_COMPLEMENT_ACTIVATION

Metabolism and bioenergetics (METABOLISM_BIOENERGETICS)

Groups amino-acid, carbohydrate, lipid, nucleotide, mitochondrial and detoxification programmes that support metabolism and energy balance.

Verified membership: 8 categories, 1560 distinct core gene sets and 1576 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Amino acid and one-carbon metabolism (METABOLISM_AA_ONECARBON) 251 WP_AMINO_ACID_METABOLISM
GOBP_AMINO_ACID_METABOLIC_PROCESS
GOBP_ONE_CARBON_METABOLIC_PROCESS
Carbohydrate metabolism and glycolysis (METABOLISM_CARBOHYDRATE_GLYCOLYSIS) 172 GOBP_CARBOHYDRATE_METABOLIC_PROCESS
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_CARBOHYDRATE_METABOLIC_PROCESS
GOBP_CARBOHYDRATE_DERIVATIVE_METABOLIC_PROCESS
Detoxification and xenobiotic metabolism (DETOX_XENOBIOTIC_METABOLISM) 126 GOBP_XENOBIOTIC_METABOLIC_PROCESS
GOBP_DETOXIFICATION
REACTOME_XENOBIOTICS
General metabolism (METABOLISM_CORE) 51 GOBP_ATP_METABOLIC_PROCESS
GOBP_RECEPTOR_METABOLIC_PROCESS
REACTOME_METABOLISM_OF_COFACTORS
Lipid and fatty acid metabolism (METABOLISM_LIPID_FA) 637 KEGG_FATTY_ACID_METABOLISM
REACTOME_FATTY_ACID_METABOLISM
GOBP_FATTY_ACID_METABOLIC_PROCESS
Mitochondria, OXPHOS and ETC (MITOCHONDRIA_OXPHOS_ETC) 143 BIOCARTA_ETC_PATHWAY
GOBP_MITOCHONDRIAL_FUSION
GOBP_MITOCHONDRIAL_FISSION
Nucleotide metabolism (METABOLISM_NUCLEOTIDE) 175 WP_NUCLEOTIDE_METABOLISM
GOBP_NUCLEOBASE_METABOLIC_PROCESS
GOBP_NUCLEOSIDE_METABOLIC_PROCESS
Peroxisome and fatty acid oxidation (PEROXISOME_FAO) 21 GOBP_FATTY_ACID_ALPHA_OXIDATION
KEGG_PEROXISOME
GOBP_FATTY_ACID_BETA_OXIDATION_USING_ACYL_COA_OXIDASE

Microenvironment, vascular and ECM (MICROENVIRONMENT_VASCULAR_ECM)

Groups extracellular-matrix remodelling, vascular, angiogenic and lymphatic programmes in the tissue microenvironment.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 333 distinct core gene sets and 334 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
ECM and matrix remodeling (ECM_MATRIX_REMODELING) 183 REACTOME_ECM_PROTEOGLYCANS
WP_MATRIX_METALLOPROTEINASES
KEGG_ECM_RECEPTOR_INTERACTION
Vascular, angiogenic and lymphatic biology (VASCULAR_LYMPHATIC) 151 WP_ANGIOGENESIS
GOBP_VASCULOGENESIS
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_VASCULOGENESIS

Proliferation and cell cycle (PROLIFERATION_CELL_CYCLE)

Groups programmes governing DNA replication, mitosis and cell proliferation.

Verified membership: 1 category, 555 distinct core gene sets and 555 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Cell cycle and proliferation (CELL_CYCLE_PROLIFERATION) 555 WP_CELL_CYCLE
GOBP_CELL_CYCLE
KEGG_CELL_CYCLE

Signaling and cell communication (SIGNALING_COMMUNICATION)

Groups broad growth-factor, hormonal and developmental pathways used for intercellular communication.

Verified membership: 5 categories, 1964 distinct core gene sets and 2015 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Core cell signaling (SIGNALING_CORE) 714 GOBP_CELL_CELL_SIGNALING
GOBP_CELL_ACTIVATION
GOBP_NEGATIVE_REGULATION_OF_CELL_COMMUNICATION
Endocrine and hormonal pathways (ENDOCRINE_HORMONAL) 497 GOBP_ENDOCRINE_HORMONE_SECRETION
GOBP_ENDOCRINE_PROCESS
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_ENDOCRINE_PROCESS
Growth factor and RTK pathways (GROWTH_FACTOR_RTK) 412 GOBP_RESPONSE_TO_GROWTH_FACTOR
GOBP_NERVE_GROWTH_FACTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
GOBP_GROWTH
TGF-beta and SMAD signaling (TGFB_SMAD) 129 KEGG_TGF_BETA_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
REACTOME_TGFBR3_REGULATES_TGF_BETA_SIGNALING
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_TGF_BETA_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
Wnt, Notch, Hedgehog and Hippo (WNT_NOTCH_HEDGEHOG_HIPPO) 263 WNT_SIGNALING
WP_WNT_SIGNALING
PID_NOTCH_PATHWAY

Stress, proteostasis and cell death (STRESS_DEATH_PROTEOSTASIS)

Groups stress adaptation, autophagy, proteostasis and regulated cell-death programmes.

Verified membership: 7 categories, 879 distinct core gene sets and 901 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Apoptosis and regulated cell death (APOPTOSIS_CELL_DEATH) 321 SA_PROGRAMMED_CELL_DEATH
GOBP_PYROPTOTIC_CELL_DEATH
GOBP_B_CELL_APOPTOTIC_PROCESS
Autophagy, lysosome and phagosome maturation (AUTOPHAGY_LYSOSOME) 154 GOBP_PHAGOSOME_MATURATION
GOBP_AUTOPHAGOSOME_MATURATION
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_AUTOPHAGOSOME_MATURATION
ER stress and unfolded protein response (ER_STRESS_UPR) 48 WP_UNFOLDED_PROTEIN_RESPONSE
REACTOME_UNFOLDED_PROTEIN_RESPONSE_UPR
GOBP_CELLULAR_RESPONSE_TO_UNFOLDED_PROTEIN
Heat shock and acute stress response (HEAT_SHOCK_STRESS_RESPONSE) 17 REACTOME_CELLULAR_RESPONSE_TO_HEAT_STRESS
REACTOME_REGULATION_OF_HSF1_MEDIATED_HEAT_SHOCK_RESPONSE
Hypoxia and HIF programs (HYPOXIA_HIF) 31 BIOCARTA_HIF_PATHWAY
REACTOME_CELLULAR_RESPONSE_TO_HYPOXIA
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_CELLULAR_RESPONSE_TO_HYPOXIA
Oxidative stress, redox and ROS (OXIDATIVE_STRESS_REDOX_ROS) 116 WP_OXIDATIVE_STRESS_RESPONSE
GOBP_RESPONSE_TO_OXIDATIVE_STRESS
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_RESPONSE_TO_OXIDATIVE_STRESS
Proteostasis, ubiquitin and proteasome (PROTEOSTASIS_UBIQUITIN_PROTEASOME) 214 KEGG_UBIQUITIN_MEDIATED_PROTEOLYSIS
KEGG_PROTEASOME
GOBP_PROTEOLYSIS

Structure, motility and plasticity (STRUCTURE_MOTILITY_PLASTICITY)

Groups adhesion, polarity, cytoskeletal, migratory and cell-state-plasticity programmes.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 911 distinct core gene sets and 928 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Adhesion, junctions and polarity (ADHESION_JUNCTION_POLARITY) 260 KEGG_GAP_JUNCTION
WP_FOCAL_ADHESION
GOBP_CELL_ADHESION
Cytoskeleton and contractility (CYTOSKELETON_CONTRACTILITY) 419 GOBP_MUSCLE_CONTRACTION
REACTOME_MUSCLE_CONTRACTION
GOBP_CYTOSKELETON_ORGANIZATION
EMT and cell-state plasticity (EMT_PLASTICITY) 34 GOBP_MESENCHYMAL_CELL_MIGRATION
GOBP_MESENCHYMAL_CELL_DIFFERENTIATION
GOBP_NEURAL_CREST_CELL_DIFFERENTIATION
Migration, invasion and motility programs (MIGRATION_INVASION) 215 GOBP_CELL_MOTILITY
GOBP_CELL_MIGRATION
GOBP_NEURON_MIGRATION

Transport, trafficking and homeostasis (TRANSPORT_TRAFFICKING_HOMEOSTASIS)

Groups membrane transport, localisation, vesicle traffic and ionic homeostasis programmes.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 1150 distinct core gene sets and 1173 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Ion transport and homeostasis (ION_TRANSPORT_HOMEOSTASIS) 382 REACTOME_ION_HOMEOSTASIS
GOBP_IRON_ION_TRANSPORT
GOBP_ZINC_ION_TRANSPORT
Transport and localization (TRANSPORT_LOCALIZATION) 418 GOBP_REGULATION_OF_TRANSPORT
GOBP_ADP_TRANSPORT
GOBP_ATP_TRANSPORT
Vesicle, endocytosis, exocytosis and secretion (VESICLE_SECRETORY_TRAFFICKING) 373 GOBP_SYNAPTIC_VESICLE_EXOCYTOSIS
GOBP_ACROSOMAL_VESICLE_EXOCYTOSIS
GOBP_REGULATION_OF_SYNAPTIC_VESICLE_EXOCYTOSIS

GOMF

Use this collection for the molecular activity performed by a gene product, such as binding, catalysis, transport or receptor activity. It does not by itself say which broader biological process is active. Categories can overlap when one GO molecular-function set fits more than one functional grouping.

Catalytic and metabolic enzyme functions (MF_CATALYTIC_METABOLIC)

Groups molecular functions carried out by metabolic, redox, detoxification and other catalytic enzymes.

Verified membership: 7 categories, 358 distinct core gene sets and 368 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Amino-acid metabolic enzyme activity (MF_AMINO_ACID_METAB) 7 GOMF_ACID_AMINO_ACID_LIGASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_L_AMINO_ACID_N_ACETYLTRANSFERASE_ACTIVITY
Antioxidant and redox activity (MF_ANTIOX_REDOX) 54 GOMF_ANTIOXIDANT_ACTIVITY
GOMF_PEROXIREDOXIN_ACTIVITY
GOMF_THIOL_OXIDASE_ACTIVITY
Carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activity (MF_CARBOHYDRATE_METAB) 58 GOMF_CARBOHYDRATE_KINASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_CARBOHYDRATE_PHOSPHATASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_RACEMASE_AND_EPIMERASE_ACTIVITY_ACTING_ON_CARBOHYDRATES_AND_DERIVATIVES
Detoxification and xenobiotic activity (MF_DETOX_XENOBIOTIC) 6 GOMF_ARYL_SULFOTRANSFERASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_ESTROGEN_2_HYDROXYLASE_ACTIVITY
General catalytic activity (MF_CATALYTIC) 134 GOMF_CATALYTIC_ACTIVITY_ACTING_ON_DNA
GOMF_CATALYTIC_ACTIVITY_ACTING_ON_RNA
GOMF_CATALYTIC_ACTIVITY_ACTING_ON_A_RRNA
General metabolic enzyme activity (MF_METABOLIC_ENZ) 23 GOMF_COA_TRANSFERASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_SULFOTRANSFERASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_SULFURTRANSFERASE_ACTIVITY
Lipid metabolic enzyme activity (MF_LIPID_METAB) 86 GOMF_LIPASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_DEACYLASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_COA_LIGASE_ACTIVITY

Cell-cycle and developmental regulatory functions (MF_CELL_CYCLE_DEVELOPMENT)

Groups molecular regulators of cell-cycle progression, differentiation and developmental decisions.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 4 distinct core gene sets and 4 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Cell-cycle regulatory activity (MF_CELL_CYCLE_REG) 3 GOMF_CYCLIN_DEPENDENT_PROTEIN_KINASE_REGULATOR_ACTIVITY
Developmental regulator activity (MF_DEVELOPMENT_REG) 1 GOMF_MORPHOGEN_ACTIVITY

Gene-expression molecular functions (MF_GENE_EXPRESSION)

Groups chromatin, transcription, RNA-processing and translation-related molecular functions.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 170 distinct core gene sets and 170 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Epigenetic and chromatin activity (MF_EPIGENETIC) 73 GOMF_CHROMATIN_DNA_BINDING
GOMF_CHROMATIN_PROTEIN_ADAPTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_PROMOTER_SPECIFIC_CHROMATIN_BINDING
RNA processing activity (MF_RNA_PROCESSING) 47 GOMF_RNA_NUCLEASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_RNA_POLYMERASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_RNA_EXONUCLEASE_ACTIVITY
Transcription regulation activity (MF_TRANSCRIPTION_REG) 41 GOMF_TRANSCRIPTION_REGULATOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_TRANSCRIPTION_COACTIVATOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_TRANSCRIPTION_COREGULATOR_ACTIVITY
Translation regulation activity (MF_TRANSLATION_REG) 9 GOMF_TRANSLATION_FACTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_TRANSLATION_ACTIVATOR_ACTIVITY

Generic or host-interaction functions (MF_GENERIC_OTHER)

Groups broad binding or host-interaction molecular functions that do not fit a more specific functional class.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 525 distinct core gene sets and 526 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Binding activity (MF_BINDING) 525 GOMF_ADP_BINDING
GOMF_AMP_BINDING
GOMF_BMP_BINDING
Viral-host molecular function (MF_VIRAL_HOST) 1 GOMF_VIRION_BINDING

Immune, ligand and receptor functions (MF_IMMUNE_LIGAND_RECEPTOR)

Groups immune recognition, complement, receptor and extracellular ligand molecular functions.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 53 distinct core gene sets and 53 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Complement molecular function (MF_COMPLEMENT) 3 GOMF_COMPLEMENT_BINDING
Cytokine, chemokine, growth-factor and hormone ligand activity (MF_CYTOKINE_GROWTH) 12 GOMF_GROWTH_FACTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_HORMONE_ACTIVITY
Immune receptor and antigen-recognition activity (MF_IMMUNE_RECEPTOR) 38 GOMF_IMMUNE_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_PATTERN_RECOGNITION_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_PEPTIDOGLYCAN_IMMUNE_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY

Proteostasis, stress and cell-death functions (MF_PROTEOSTASIS_STRESS_DEATH)

Groups molecular functions involved in proteostasis, stress responses, proteolysis and regulated cell death.

Verified membership: 5 categories, 82 distinct core gene sets and 84 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Apoptosis and cell-death regulatory activity (MF_APOPTOSIS_REG) 3 GOMF_DEATH_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
Protease and protease inhibitor activity (MF_PROTEASE_INHIB) 40 GOMF_PEPTIDASE_INHIBITOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE_INHIBITOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION_INHIBITOR_ACTIVITY
Protein folding and degradation activity (MF_PROTEIN_FOLDING_DEG) 11 GOMF_PROTEIN_FOLDING_CHAPERONE
GOMF_PROTEIN_FOLDING_CHAPERONE_BINDING
Stress-response molecular activity (MF_STRESS_RESPONSE) 2 GOMF_HEAT_SHOCK_PROTEIN_BINDING
Ubiquitin and SUMO ligase activity (MF_LIGASE_SUMOYL) 28 GOMF_SUMO_LIGASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_UBIQUITIN_UBIQUITIN_LIGASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_HISTONE_UBIQUITIN_LIGASE_ACTIVITY

Signaling and regulatory functions (MF_SIGNALING_REGULATION)

Groups receptors, kinases, phosphatases, adaptors and enzyme regulators that control signalling.

Verified membership: 5 categories, 306 distinct core gene sets and 313 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Enzyme regulator activity (MF_ENZYME_REG) 59 GOMF_ENZYME_REGULATOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_ATPASE_REGULATOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_ENZYME_ACTIVATOR_ACTIVITY
Intracellular signaling activity (MF_SIGNALING) 12 GOMF_GTPASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_G_PROTEIN_ACTIVITY
Kinase and phosphatase activity (MF_KINASE_PHOSPHATASE) 104 GOMF_PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL_KINASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_MAP_KINASE_PHOSPHATASE_ACTIVITY
GOMF_INOSITOL_PHOSPHATE_KINASE_ACTIVITY
Receptor activity (MF_RECEPTOR) 122 GOMF_BMP_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_WNT_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_GABA_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
Scaffold and adaptor activity (MF_SCAFFOLD_ADAPTER) 16 GOMF_SIGNALING_ADAPTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_CARGO_ADAPTOR_ACTIVITY

Structure, adhesion and ECM functions (MF_STRUCTURE_ADHESION_ECM)

Groups structural, motor, adhesion and extracellular-matrix molecular functions.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 54 distinct core gene sets and 55 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Adhesion molecular function (MF_ADHESION) 12 GOMF_CELL_ADHESION_MOLECULE_BINDING
GOMF_CELL_ADHESION_MEDIATOR_ACTIVITY
Cytoskeleton and motor activity (MF_CYTOSKELETON_MOTOR) 13 GOMF_CYTOSKELETAL_MOTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_MICROTUBULE_MOTOR_ACTIVITY
Extracellular matrix molecular function (MF_EXTRACELL_MATRIX) 13 GOMF_EXTRACELLULAR_MATRIX_BINDING
GOMF_EXTRACELLULAR_MATRIX_PROTEIN_BINDING
Structural constituent activity (MF_STRUCTURAL_CONSTITUENT) 17 GOMF_STRUCTURAL_CONSTITUENT_OF_MUSCLE
GOMF_STRUCTURAL_CONSTITUENT_OF_SYNAPSE

Transport, vesicle traffic and sensing functions (MF_TRANSPORT_SENSING)

Groups channels, pumps, transporters, vesicle-trafficking factors and physicochemical sensors.

Verified membership: 5 categories, 285 distinct core gene sets and 287 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Ion and physicochemical sensing activity (MF_ION_SENSING) 4 GOMF_METAL_ION_SENSOR_ACTIVITY
Ion channel and pump activity (MF_ION_CHANNEL_PUMP) 86 GOMF_ATP_GATED_ION_CHANNEL_ACTIVITY
GOMF_POTASSIUM_ION_LEAK_CHANNEL_ACTIVITY
GOMF_MONOATOMIC_ION_GATED_CHANNEL_ACTIVITY
Olfactory and taste receptor activity (MF_OLFACTORY) 6 GOMF_TASTE_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
GOMF_OLFACTORY_RECEPTOR_ACTIVITY
Transporter activity (MF_TRANSPORTER) 188 GOMF_TRANSPORTER_ACTIVITY
GOMF_LIPID_TRANSPORTER_ACTIVITY
GOMF_PROTEIN_TRANSPORTER_ACTIVITY
Vesicle trafficking activity (MF_VESICLE_TRAFFIC) 3 GOMF_SNARE_BINDING

GOCC

Use this collection for cellular locations, structures and complexes. A GOCC category can support a compartment-level interpretation, but enrichment is not direct evidence that a protein moved to that compartment or that the structure changed in abundance.

Cell surface, adhesion and ECM compartments (CC_SURFACE_ADHESION_ECM)

Covers plasma-membrane, cell-junction, cytoskeletal and extracellular-matrix compartments.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 343 distinct core gene sets and 348 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Extracellular matrix compartment (CC_EXTRACELLULAR_MATRIX) 24 GOCC_SPECIALIZED_EXTRACELLULAR_MATRIX
GOCC_SYNAPSE_ASSOCIATED_EXTRACELLULAR_MATRIX
GOCC_INTERSTITIAL_MATRIX
Junction, adhesion and cytoskeletal compartment (CC_JUNCTION_ADHESION_CYTOSKELETON) 209 GOCC_GAP_JUNCTION
GOCC_TIGHT_JUNCTION
GOCC_ADHERENS_JUNCTION
Plasma membrane and cell-surface compartment (CC_PLASMA_MEMBRANE_CELL_SURFACE) 115 GOCC_CELL_SURFACE
GOCC_CELL_BODY_MEMBRANE
GOCC_PLASMA_MEMBRANE_RAFT

Immune and signaling complexes (CC_IMMUNE_COMPLEXES)

Covers cellular complexes that assemble immune and inflammatory signalling machinery.

Verified membership: 1 category, 29 distinct core gene sets and 29 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Immune signaling and inflammatory complex compartment (CC_IMMUNE_SIGNALING_COMPLEX) 29 GOCC_NLRP1_INFLAMMASOME_COMPLEX
GOCC_NLRP3_INFLAMMASOME_COMPLEX
GOCC_CANONICAL_INFLAMMASOME_COMPLEX

Metabolic organelles (CC_METABOLIC_ORGANELLES)

Covers organelles that host energy production and intermediary metabolism, especially mitochondria and peroxisomes.

Verified membership: 1 category, 46 distinct core gene sets and 46 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Mitochondrial and metabolic organelle compartment (CC_MITOCHONDRIAL_METABOLIC) 46 GOCC_MITOCHONDRION
GOCC_ORGANELLAR_RIBOSOME
GOCC_MITOCHONDRIAL_CRISTA

Nuclear and gene-expression compartments (CC_NUCLEAR_GENE_EXPRESSION)

Covers nuclear, chromatin, transcriptional, RNA-processing and ribosomal compartments.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 275 distinct core gene sets and 277 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Nuclear and chromatin compartment (CC_NUCLEAR_CHROMATIN) 137 GOCC_CHROMATIN
GOCC_NUCLEAR_BODY
GOCC_NUCLEAR_PORE
Transcription, RNA and ribosome complexes (CC_TRANSCRIPTION_RNA_RIBOSOME) 140 GOCC_RNA_DECAPPING_COMPLEX
GOCC_RNA_POLYMERASE_COMPLEX
GOCC_TRANSCRIPTION_EXPORT_COMPLEX

Proteostasis and generic complexes (CC_PROTEOSTASIS_GENERIC_COMPLEXES)

Covers macromolecular complexes involved in protein folding, degradation and other general protein assemblies.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 76 distinct core gene sets and 76 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Other generic protein/macromolecular complex (CC_OTHER_GENERIC_COMPLEX) 42 GOCC_PROTEIN_KINASE_COMPLEX
GOCC_MEMBRANE_PROTEIN_COMPLEX
GOCC_PROTEIN_PHOSPHATASE_4_COMPLEX
Proteostasis complex compartment (CC_PROTEOSTASIS_COMPLEX) 34 GOCC_3M_COMPLEX
GOCC_RQC_COMPLEX
GOCC_PREFOLDIN_COMPLEX

Secretory and endomembrane compartments (CC_SECRETORY_ENDOMEMBRANE)

Covers endoplasmic-reticulum, Golgi, vesicular, endolysosomal and secretory compartments.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 226 distinct core gene sets and 227 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Endolysosome, autophagy and intracellular vesicle compartment (CC_ENDOLYSOSOME_AUTOPHAGY_VESICLE) 116 GOCC_ENDOLYSOSOME
GOCC_AUTOPHAGOSOME
GOCC_VESICLE_COAT
ER, Golgi and secretory-route compartment (CC_ER_GOLGI_SECRETORY) 96 GOCC_ENDOPLASMIC_RETICULUM_GOLGI_INTERMEDIATE_COMPARTMENT
GOCC_GOLGI_LUMEN
GOCC_GOLGI_STACK
Extracellular vesicle and secretome compartment (CC_EXTRACELLULAR_VESICLE_SECRETOME) 15 GOCC_CHYLOMICRON
GOCC_MICROVESICLE

PATHWAYS

Use this stricter signalling collection to distinguish named receptors, branches and downstream cascades within the broader GOBP-C2 space. Categories can share a gene set when a curated pathway crosses more than one branch. A category label organises the saved enrichment evidence; it is not a claim that the named pathway is activated.

RTK/RAS/MAPK signaling (RTK_RAS_MAPK)

Groups receptor-tyrosine-kinase signalling through RAS and the RAF-MEK-ERK cascade.

Verified membership: 12 categories, 252 distinct core gene sets and 279 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
EGFR/ERBB signaling (EGFR_ERBB_SIGNALING) 67 WP_ERBB_SIGNALING
GOBP_ERBB_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
KEGG_ERBB_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
FGFR signaling (FGFR_SIGNALING) 42 REACTOME_SIGNALING_BY_FGFR
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_FGF_FGFR_PI3K_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_FGF_FGFR_RAS_ERK_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
VEGF/VEGFR signaling (VEGF_VEGFR_SIGNALING) 11 PID_VEGF_VEGFR_PATHWAY
BIOCARTA_VEGF_PATHWAY
PDGF/PDGFR signaling (PDGF_PDGFRA_B_SIGNALING) 15 WP_PDGF_PATHWAY
BIOCARTA_PDGF_PATHWAY
MET/HGF signaling (MET_HGF_SIGNALING) 15 PID_MET_PATHWAY
BIOCARTA_MET_PATHWAY
KIT signaling (KIT_SIGNALING) 8 PID_KIT_PATHWAY
WP_KIT_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING
RET signaling (RET_SIGNALING) 6 PID_RET_PATHWAY
REACTOME_RET_SIGNALING
Insulin/IGF signaling (INSULIN_IGF_SIGNALING) 25 PID_INSULIN_PATHWAY
WP_INSULIN_SIGNALING
BIOCARTA_INSULIN_PATHWAY
RAS activation (RAS_ACTIVATION) 16 PID_RAS_PATHWAY
WP_RAS_SIGNALING
RAF-MEK-ERK cascade (RAF_MEK_ERK_CASCADE) 43 BIOCARTA_ERK_PATHWAY
WP_MAPK_CASCADE
REACTOME_RAF_ACTIVATION
ALK signaling (ALK_SIGNALING) 7 BIOCARTA_ALK_PATHWAY
REACTOME_SIGNALING_BY_ALK
NTRK/TRK signaling (NTRK_TRK_SIGNALING) 24 PID_MAPK_TRK_PATHWAY
PID_PI3K_PLC_TRK_PATHWAY
GOBP_NEUROTROPHIN_TRK_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY

Stress MAPK signaling (STRESS_MAPK)

Groups stress-responsive p38 and JNK mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 21 distinct core gene sets and 21 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
p38 MAPK signaling (P38_MAPK_SIGNALING) 12 WP_P38_MAPK_SIGNALING
PID_P38_MK2_PATHWAY
JNK signaling (JNK_SIGNALING) 9 GOBP_JNK_CASCADE
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_FAS_JNK_SIGNALING_PATHWAY

PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling (PI3K_AKT_MTOR)

Groups PI3K, AKT, mTOR and AMPK pathways that coordinate growth, survival and nutrient sensing.

Verified membership: 5 categories, 59 distinct core gene sets and 88 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Class I PI3K signaling (PI3K_CLASS_I_SIGNALING) 33 REACTOME_PI3K_AKT_ACTIVATION
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_P4_PR_PI3K_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_HGF_MET_PI3K_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
AKT signaling (AKT_SIGNALING) 37 BIOCARTA_AKT_PATHWAY
PID_PI3KCI_AKT_PATHWAY
REACTOME_PI3K_AKT_ACTIVATION
mTORC1 signaling (MTORC1_SIGNALING) 11 REACTOME_MTORC1_MEDIATED_SIGNALLING
REACTOME_AMINO_ACIDS_REGULATE_MTORC1
mTORC2 signaling (MTORC2_SIGNALING) 1 GOBP_TORC2_SIGNALING
AMPK signaling (AMPK_SIGNALING) 6 GOBP_CAMKK_AMPK_SIGNALING_CASCADE
REACTOME_ACTIVATION_OF_AMPK_DOWNSTREAM_OF_NMDARS

RHO GTPase and cytoskeletal signaling (RHO_GTPASE_CYTOSKELETON)

Groups RHO-family GTPase, adhesion and actin-regulatory pathways that organise cell shape and movement.

Verified membership: 6 categories, 33 distinct core gene sets and 37 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
RAC1 signaling (RAC1_SIGNALING) 10 PID_RAC1_PATHWAY
BIOCARTA_RAC1_PATHWAY
RHOA-ROCK signaling (RHOA_ROCK_SIGNALING) 11 PID_RHOA_PATHWAY
REACTOME_RHOA_GTPASE_CYCLE
CDC42 signaling (CDC42_SIGNALING) 8 PID_CDC42_PATHWAY
PID_CDC42_REG_PATHWAY
PAK signaling (PAK_SIGNALING) 2 KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_RAC_CDC42_PAK_ERK_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
FAK/SRC adhesion signaling (FAK_SRC_SIGNALING) 5 PID_FAK_PATHWAY
Actin regulatory signaling (ACTIN_REGULATORY_SIGNALING) 1 REACTOME_RHO_GTPASES_ACTIVATE_WASPS_AND_WAVES

TGF-beta/SMAD signaling (TGF_BETA_SMAD)

Groups TGF-beta-family ligands and their SMAD-dependent developmental and homeostatic pathways.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 31 distinct core gene sets and 31 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
TGF-beta/SMAD signaling (TGF_BETA_SMAD_SIGNALING) 17 KEGG_TGF_BETA_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
REACTOME_TGFBR3_REGULATES_TGF_BETA_SIGNALING
BMP/SMAD signaling (BMP_SMAD_SIGNALING) 8 PID_BMP_PATHWAY
REACTOME_SIGNALING_BY_BMP
Activin/Nodal signaling (ACTIVIN_NODAL_SIGNALING) 6 GOBP_NODAL_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
REACTOME_SIGNALING_BY_NODAL

Wnt, Notch and Hedgehog signaling (WNT_NOTCH_HEDGEHOG)

Groups WNT, NOTCH and Hedgehog developmental signalling, including canonical and non-canonical branches.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 94 distinct core gene sets and 94 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
WNT/beta-catenin signaling (WNT_BETA_CATENIN_SIGNALING) 37 WNT_SIGNALING
PID_BETA_CATENIN_DEG_PATHWAY
PID_BETA_CATENIN_NUC_PATHWAY
Non-canonical WNT/PCP signaling (NONCANONICAL_WNT_PCP_SIGNALING) 6 GOBP_NON_CANONICAL_WNT_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
REACTOME_PCP_CE_PATHWAY
NOTCH signaling (NOTCH_SIGNALING) 34 PID_NOTCH_PATHWAY
BIOCARTA_NOTCH_PATHWAY
GOBP_NOTCH_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
Hedgehog signaling (HEDGEHOG_SIGNALING) 17 KEGG_HEDGEHOG_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
PID_HEDGEHOG_2PATHWAY

Hippo and mechanosignaling (HIPPO_MECHANOSIGNALING)

Groups Hippo/YAP/TAZ and mechanotransduction pathways that connect tissue mechanics to cell-state regulation.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 7 distinct core gene sets and 8 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Hippo/YAP/TAZ signaling (HIPPO_YAP_TAZ_SIGNALING) 7 GOBP_HIPPO_SIGNALING
WP_HIPPO_SIGNALING_REGULATION
Mechanotransduction signaling (MECHANOTRANSDUCTION_SIGNALING) 1 WP_MECHANOREGULATION_AND_PATHOLOGY_OF_YAPTAZ_VIA_HIPPO_AND_NONHIPPO_MECHANISMS

Cytokine/JAK/STAT signaling (CYTOKINE_JAK_STAT)

Groups cytokine pathways that transmit signals through JAK kinases and STAT transcription factors.

Verified membership: 6 categories, 52 distinct core gene sets and 52 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Type I interferon signaling (TYPE_I_INTERFERON_SIGNALING) 10 WP_INTERFERON_TYPE_I_SIGNALING
GOBP_TYPE_I_INTERFERON_MEDIATED_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
Type II interferon signaling (TYPE_II_INTERFERON_SIGNALING) 6 WP_TYPE_II_INTERFERON_SIGNALING
GOBP_TYPE_II_INTERFERON_MEDIATED_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
IL6/JAK/STAT3 signaling (IL6_JAK_STAT3_SIGNALING) 9 WP_IL6_SIGNALING
BIOCARTA_IL6_PATHWAY
IL2/STAT5 signaling (IL2_STAT5_SIGNALING) 11 PID_IL2_STAT5_PATHWAY
WP_IL2_SIGNALING
IL10/STAT3 signaling (IL10_STAT3_SIGNALING) 5 BIOCARTA_IL10_PATHWAY
IL12/IL23 signaling (IL12_IL23_STAT4_3_SIGNALING) 11 PID_IL23_PATHWAY
BIOCARTA_IL12_PATHWAY

Inflammatory NF-kB signaling (INFLAMMATORY_NFKB)

Groups canonical and non-canonical NF-kB pathways downstream of inflammatory receptors.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 54 distinct core gene sets and 55 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
TNF/NF-kB signaling (TNF_NFKB_SIGNALING) 17 PID_TNF_PATHWAY
REACTOME_TNF_SIGNALING
IL1/TLR-NF-kB signaling (IL1_TLR_NFKB_SIGNALING) 17 PID_IL1_PATHWAY
WP_IL1_SIGNALING
Canonical NF-kB signaling (CANONICAL_NFKB_SIGNALING) 15 REACTOME_TRAF6_MEDIATED_NF_KB_ACTIVATION
GOBP_CANONICAL_NF_KAPPAB_SIGNAL_TRANSDUCTION
Non-canonical NF-kB signaling (NONCANONICAL_NFKB_SIGNALING) 6 REACTOME_TNFR2_NON_CANONICAL_NF_KB_PATHWAY
GOBP_NON_CANONICAL_NF_KAPPAB_SIGNAL_TRANSDUCTION

Innate immune signaling (INNATE_IMMUNE_SIGNALING)

Groups pattern-recognition, nucleic-acid sensing and inflammasome pathways of innate immunity.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 54 distinct core gene sets and 54 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
TLR signaling (TLR_SIGNALING) 30 BIOCARTA_TOLL_PATHWAY
GOBP_TOLL_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
PID_TOLL_ENDOGENOUS_PATHWAY
RIG-I/MDA5 signaling (RIG_I_MDA5_SIGNALING) 9 GOBP_RIG_I_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
KEGG_RIG_I_LIKE_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
cGAS-STING signaling (CGAS_STING_SIGNALING) 7 GOBP_CGAS_STING_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_CGAS_STING_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
NLRP3 inflammasome signaling (NLRP3_INFLAMMASOME_SIGNALING) 8 REACTOME_THE_NLRP3_INFLAMMASOME
REACTOME_INFLAMMASOMES

GPCR and second-messenger signaling (GPCR_SECOND_MESSENGER)

Groups GPCR and phospholipase pathways that use cyclic nucleotides, calcium and other second messengers.

Verified membership: 5 categories, 64 distinct core gene sets and 69 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
GPCR-cAMP-PKA signaling (GPCR_CAMP_PKA_SIGNALING) 31 BIOCARTA_GPCR_PATHWAY
GOBP_CAMP_PKA_SIGNAL_TRANSDUCTION
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_PKA_HOLOENZYME
GPCR-PLC-calcium signaling (GPCR_PLC_CALCIUM_SIGNALING) 16 BIOCARTA_GPCR_PATHWAY
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_GPCR_PLCB_ITPR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
PLC-gamma signaling (PLC_GAMMA_SIGNALING) 2 KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_TCR_PLCG_ITPR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
Calcium/calcineurin/NFAT signaling (CALCIUM_CALMODULIN_CALCINEURIN) 12 REACTOME_CALCINEURIN_ACTIVATES_NFAT
BIOCARTA_NFAT_PATHWAY
S1P/EDG receptor signaling (S1P_EDG_SIGNALING) 8 WP_S1P_RECEPTOR_SIGNAL_TRANSDUCTION
PID_S1P_META_PATHWAY

T- and B-cell receptor signaling (T_CELL_B_CELL_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING)

Groups antigen-receptor and costimulatory signalling in T and B lymphocytes.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 36 distinct core gene sets and 37 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
T-cell receptor signaling (TCR_SIGNALING) 17 GOBP_T_CELL_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
KEGG_T_CELL_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
B-cell receptor signaling (BCR_SIGNALING) 13 WP_B_CELL_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING
GOBP_B_CELL_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
CD28 costimulation signaling (CD28_COSTIMULATION_SIGNALING) 7 REACTOME_CD28_DEPENDENT_VAV1_PATHWAY
REACTOME_CO_STIMULATION_BY_CD28

Death-receptor signaling (DEATH_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING)

Groups extrinsic cell-death pathways initiated by death receptors and their proximal signalling complexes.

Verified membership: 2 categories, 14 distinct core gene sets and 16 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
FAS/death receptor signaling (FAS_DEATH_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING) 10 REACTOME_DEATH_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING
PID_FAS_PATHWAY
TRAIL death receptor signaling (TRAIL_DEATH_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING) 6 REACTOME_DEATH_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING
PID_TRAIL_PATHWAY

Nuclear-receptor signaling (NUCLEAR_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING)

Groups signalling and transcriptional programmes controlled by steroid and metabolic nuclear receptors.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 22 distinct core gene sets and 22 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Estrogen receptor signaling (ESTROGEN_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING) 9 WP_ESTROGEN_RECEPTOR_PATHWAY
GOBP_ESTROGEN_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
Androgen receptor signaling (ANDROGEN_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING) 5 WP_ANDROGEN_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING
PPAR signaling (PPAR_SIGNALING) 8 WP_PPAR_SIGNALING
KEGG_PPAR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY

Stress-response signaling (STRESS_RESPONSE_SIGNALING)

Groups NRF2 antioxidant and unfolded-protein-response branches that manage oxidative and endoplasmic-reticulum stress.

Verified membership: 4 categories, 24 distinct core gene sets and 26 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
NRF2/KEAP1 signaling (NRF2_KEAP1_SIGNALING) 11 WP_NRF2_PATHWAY
KEGG_MEDICUS_REFERENCE_KEAP1_NRF2_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
PERK/ATF4 UPR signaling (UPR_PERK_ATF4_SIGNALING) 8 KEGG_MEDICUS_VARIANT_SCRAPIE_CONFORMATION_PRPSC_TO_PERK_ATF4_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
KEGG_MEDICUS_VARIANT_MUTATION_CAUSED_ABERRANT_SNCA_TO_PERK_ATF4_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
IRE1/XBP1 UPR signaling (IRE1_XBP1_SIGNALING) 3 GOBP_IRE1_MEDIATED_UNFOLDED_PROTEIN_RESPONSE
ATF6 UPR signaling (ATF6_UPR_SIGNALING) 4 GOBP_ATF6_MEDIATED_UNFOLDED_PROTEIN_RESPONSE

RTK, matrix and guidance signaling (RTK_MATRIX_GUIDANCE_SIGNALING)

Groups receptor and guidance pathways that connect extracellular cues, matrix interactions and directed cell behaviour.

Verified membership: 3 categories, 20 distinct core gene sets and 20 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
Ephrin/EPH signaling (EPHRIN_EPH_SIGNALING) 11 REACTOME_EPH_EPHRIN_SIGNALING
REACTOME_EPHRIN_SIGNALING
DDR1/DDR2 collagen receptor signaling (DDR1_DDR2_COLLAGEN_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING) 1 GOBP_COLLAGEN_ACTIVATED_TYROSINE_KINASE_RECEPTOR_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
Semaphorin/Plexin/Neuropilin signaling (SEMAPHORIN_PLEXIN_NEUROPILIN_SIGNALING) 8 GOBP_SEMAPHORIN_PLEXIN_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
REACTOME_SEMAPHORIN_INTERACTIONS

Chemokine GPCR signaling (CHEMOKINE_GPCR_SIGNALING)

Groups chemokine-receptor and related GPCR signalling axes that guide cell positioning and communication.

Verified membership: 1 category, 12 distinct core gene sets and 12 category assignments.

Category Core members Representative member gene sets
CXCR4/CXCL12 signaling (CXCR4_CXCL12_SIGNALING) 12 GOBP_CXCL12_ACTIVATED_CXCR4_SIGNALING_PATHWAY
PID_CXCR4_PATHWAY

Use a category in study evidence

The catalogue describes the dictionary. Study-specific NES, adjusted P values and leading edges are available in the report’s category evidence. In a single-analysis report, choose the analysis and collection, then select Category evidence in Section and the exact category in Category. See the report guide for the complete navigation and download distinctions. For custom resources and schema requirements, see Custom dictionaries and supercategories.