Additional file 1: Table S1. Significant pathways obtained upon the application of the clipper method on KEGG pathways as implemented in the Graphite Web program to the CRC dataset. Pathway Adherens junction Measles Toll-like receptor signaling pathway Vascular smooth muscle contraction Viral myocarditis Acute myeloid leukemia Glutamatergic synapse Pathogenic Escherichia coli infection Prostate cancer Circadian entrainment Dopaminergic synapse Epstein-Barr virus infection Salivary secretion Pancreatic secretion Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) Chronic myeloid leukemia Gap junction Hepatitis B Shigellosis Jak-STAT signaling pathway Hepatitis C Fructose and mannose metabolism Huntington's disease Serotonergic synapse Cholinergic synapse NF-kappa B signaling pathway Salmonella infection Cell cycle GABAergic synapse Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism Oocyte meiosis Antigen processing and presentation Dilated cardiomyopathy Glycerophospholipid metabolism HIF-1 signaling pathway Leukocyte transendothelial migration Colorectal cancer Influenza A Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling Leishmaniasis Apoptosis Herpes simplex infection Gastric acid secretion RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway African trypanosomiasis alphaMean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0.01 0 0.01 0 0.05 0 0 0.01 0.05 0 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.04 0 0.01 0.07 0 0.05 0 0.08 0.02 0.05 0 0.01 0 0 0 0.01 0 0.03 0 0 0 0.01 0 0.01 alphaVar 0 0 0 0 0 0.01 0 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.03 0 0.05 0.05 0.04 0 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.04 0.09 0.08 0.02 0.1 0.05 0.1 0.02 0.09 0.06 0.12 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.14 0.11 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.2 Cocaine addiction Adipocytokine signaling pathway Long-term depression Osteoclast differentiation Tight junction Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation mTOR signaling pathway Prion diseases Bacterial invasion of epithelial cells Carbohydrate digestion and absorption Pentose phosphate pathway Glioma Melanoma Small cell lung cancer B cell receptor signaling pathway Inositol phosphate metabolism ECM-receptor interaction Bladder cancer Alzheimer's disease Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism Morphine addiction Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis Axon guidance Insulin signaling pathway Pertussis Thyroid cancer Wnt signaling pathway Fc epsilon RI signaling pathway Glycosphingolipid biosynthesis - lacto and neolacto series Neurotrophin signaling pathway TGF-beta signaling pathway Toxoplasmosis Endometrial cancer NOD-like receptor signaling pathway Endocrine and other factor-regulated calcium reabsorption VEGF signaling pathway ErbB signaling pathway 0.04 0 0.03 0.01 0 0.05 0.02 0 0.01 0.01 0 0.25 0 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.04 0 0.04 0 0 0.01 0 0 0.01 0 0.02 0 0.02 0.62 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0.05 0 0.17 0.22 0.19 0.21 0.22 0.17 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.03 0.29 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.33 0.3 0.36 0.38 0.41 0.43 0.46 0.49 0.52 0.52 0.55 0.57 0 0.62 0.63 0.66 0.68 0.71 0.71 0.72 0.92