Read in a GMT file

Source: R/genesignatures.R

Returns a list of pathways from a GMT file.

read_gmt(gmtfile)

Arguments

gmtfile

A character value, containing the location of the GMT formatted file. It can also be a file found online

Value

A list of vectors, one for each pathway in the GMT file.

Examples

# this example reads in the freely available pathways from wikipathways
if (FALSE) {
mysigs <- read_gmt(
  "http://data.wikipathways.org/20180910/gmt/wikipathways-20180910-gmt-Homo_sapiens.gmt"
)
head(mysigs)
# see how the gene identifiers are encoded as ENTREZ id
}