Collapse probes to gene symbols — collapse_eset • Hughes2009

Collapses multiple probes mapping to the same gene symbol using the WGCNA package.

Usage

collapse_eset(eset, method = "MaxMean")

Arguments

eset: An ExpressionSet object.
method: The WGCNA method to use. Options: 'MaxMean' (default), 'MaxVar', 'Average', 'ME', 'First', 'Pattern'.

Value

A new ExpressionSet object where rows are unique Gene Symbols.

Examples

data(eset)
# Collapse probes to gene level using MaxMean method
gene_eset <- collapse_eset(eset, method = "MaxMean")
#> Collapsed 45101 probes into 21032 unique genes.