Revisiting differential expression analysis: An updated six-dimensional comparative study
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Authors
- Zhaoyuan Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-2052)
- Jianxiong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2129-9032)
- Shaoke Lu
- Hui Yao
Institutions
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
- Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (CN)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344709
- Primary Topic
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Zhejiang University
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province