fetchPathwayDefinitions {netDx} | R Documentation

## fetch pathway definitions from downloads.baderlab.org

### Description

fetch pathway definitions from downloads.baderlab.org

### Usage

    fetchPathwayDefinitions(month = NULL, year = NULL, verbose = FALSE)

### Arguments

`month` | (char) month of pathway definition file. Must be textual name (e.g. "January","April"). If NULL, gets the latest release
`year` | (numeric) year of pathway definition file. Must be in yyyy format (e.g. 2018).
`verbose` | (logical) print messages

### Details

Fetches genesets compiled from multiple curated pathway databases. Downloaded from: http://download.baderlab.org/EM_Genesets/ The file contains pathways from HumanCyc, NetPath, Reactome, NCI Curated Pathways and mSigDB. For details see Merico D, Isserlin R, Stueker O, Emili A and GD Bader. (2010). PLoS One. 5(11):e13984.

### Value

(char) Path to local cached copy of GMT file or initial download is required

### Examples

    fetchPathwayDefinitions()
    fetchPathwayDefinitions("January",2018)
    fetchPathwayDefinitions()

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