Type: Package
Title: Make 'PICRUSt2' Output Analysis and Visualization Easier
Version: 2.5.10
Author: Chen Yang [aut, cre], Liangliang Zhang [aut]
Maintainer: Chen Yang <cafferychen7850@gmail.com>
Description: Provides a convenient way to analyze and visualize 'PICRUSt2' output with pre-defined plots and functions. Allows for generating statistical plots about microbiome functional predictions and offers customization options. Features a one-click option for creating publication-level plots, saving time and effort in producing professional-grade figures. Streamlines the 'PICRUSt2' analysis and visualization process. For more details, see Yang et al. (2023) <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btad470>.
BugReports: https://github.com/cafferychen777/ggpicrust2/issues
URL: https://github.com/cafferychen777/ggpicrust2
Additional_repositories: https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
LazyData: true
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
Imports: aplot, dplyr, ggplot2, grid, ggh4x, readr, tibble, tidyr, ggprism, patchwork, ggplotify, magrittr, progress, stats, methods, grDevices, tidygraph, ggraph, utils
Depends: R (≥ 3.5.0)
Suggests: Biobase, ggdendro, KEGGREST, ComplexHeatmap, BiocGenerics, knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), ALDEx2, DESeq2, edgeR, GGally, limma, metagenomeSeq, MicrobiomeStat, SummarizedExperiment, circlize, lefser, fgsea, clusterProfiler, enrichplot, DOSE, ggVennDiagram, UpSetR, igraph, ggridges, ggrepel
Config/testthat/edition: 3
biocViews: Microbiome, Metagenomics, Software
VignetteBuilder: knitr
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-02-12 12:09:01 UTC; apple
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-02-12 16:40:16 UTC

Internal: coerce user 'scale' input to a vector of colors (or NULL) Accepts character vector or function(n)->colors. Returns character vector or NULL.

Description

Internal: coerce user 'scale' input to a vector of colors (or NULL) Accepts character vector or function(n)->colors. Returns character vector or NULL.

Usage

.as_color_vector(scale)

Internal: build a continuous ggplot2 scale layer from colors or ggplot2 scale

Description

Internal: build a continuous ggplot2 scale layer from colors or ggplot2 scale

Usage

.build_continuous_scale(
  aes = c("fill", "color"),
  scale = NULL,
  diverging = FALSE,
  midpoint = NULL,
  name = NULL
)

Internal: build a discrete fill scale for barplot direction

Description

Internal: build a discrete fill scale for barplot direction

Usage

.build_discrete_fill_for_direction(scale = NULL)

Internal: build a circlize colorRamp2 function for ComplexHeatmap from user scale

Description

Internal: build a circlize colorRamp2 function for ComplexHeatmap from user scale

Usage

.build_heatmap_col_fun(scale = NULL)

Internal: detect if an object is a ggplot2 Scale

Description

Internal: detect if an object is a ggplot2 Scale

Usage

.is_ggplot_scale(x)

Build design matrix for limma analysis

Description

Creates a design matrix incorporating the group variable and optional covariates.

Usage

build_design_matrix(metadata, group, covariates = NULL)

Arguments

metadata

A data frame containing sample metadata

group

A character string specifying the grouping variable column name

covariates

A character vector of covariate column names (optional)

Value

A design matrix suitable for limma


Helper function to calculate abundance statistics for differential analysis

Description

This function calculates mean relative abundance, standard deviation, and log2 fold change for each feature between two groups.

Usage

calculate_abundance_stats(abundance, metadata, group, features, group1, group2)

Arguments

abundance

A matrix or data frame with features as rows and samples as columns

metadata

A data frame containing sample information

group

Character string specifying the group column name in metadata

features

Character vector of feature names to calculate statistics for

group1

Character string specifying the first group name

group2

Character string specifying the second group name

Value

A data frame with columns:

feature

Feature identifier

mean_rel_abundance_group1

Mean relative abundance for group1

sd_rel_abundance_group1

Standard deviation of relative abundance for group1

mean_rel_abundance_group2

Mean relative abundance for group2

sd_rel_abundance_group2

Standard deviation of relative abundance for group2

log2_fold_change

Log2 fold change (group2/group1)


Calculate log2 fold change with consistent pseudocount handling

Description

Calculates log2 fold change between two groups with proper handling of zero values using a data-driven pseudocount approach.

Usage

calculate_log2_fold_change(
  mean1,
  mean2,
  pseudocount = NULL,
  reference_values = NULL
)

Arguments

mean1

Numeric. Mean abundance of group 1 (reference/control)

mean2

Numeric. Mean abundance of group 2 (comparison/treatment)

pseudocount

Optional numeric. If NULL, calculated from reference_values

reference_values

Optional numeric vector for calculating pseudocount

Details

The fold change direction is group2/group1, so: - Positive values indicate higher abundance in group2 - Negative values indicate higher abundance in group1

Value

log2(mean2/mean1) with pseudocount protection


Calculate data-driven pseudocount for log transformation

Description

Calculates a pseudocount based on the data to avoid log(0) issues. Uses half of the minimum non-zero value to ensure the pseudocount is smaller than any real value in the data.

Usage

calculate_pseudocount(values)

Arguments

values

Numeric vector of abundance values

Value

Pseudocount value (half of minimum non-zero value, or 1e-6 fallback)


Calculate rank metric for GSEA

Description

Calculate rank metric for GSEA

Usage

calculate_rank_metric(abundance, metadata, group, method = "signal2noise")

Arguments

abundance

A matrix of abundance data

metadata

A data frame of metadata

group

A character string specifying the grouping variable

method

A character string specifying the ranking method

Value

A named vector of ranking statistics


Smart Text Size Calculator

Description

Smart Text Size Calculator

Usage

calculate_smart_text_size(n_items, base_size = 10, min_size = 8, max_size = 14)

Arguments

n_items

Number of items to display

base_size

Base text size

min_size

Minimum text size

max_size

Maximum text size

Value

Calculated text size


Color Theme System for ggpicrust2

Description

This module provides a comprehensive color theme system for ggpicrust2 visualizations, including journal-specific themes, colorblind-friendly palettes, and intelligent color selection based on data characteristics.


Compare the Consistency of Statistically Significant Features

Description

This function compares the consistency and inconsistency of statistically significant features obtained using different methods in 'pathway_daa' from the 'ggpicrust2' package. It creates a report showing the number of common and different features identified by each method, and the features themselves.

Arguments

daa_results_list

A list of data frames containing statistically significant features obtained using different methods.

method_names

A character vector of names for each method used.

p_values_threshold

A numeric value representing the threshold for the p-values. Features with p-values less than this threshold are considered statistically significant. Default is 0.05.

Value

A data frame with the comparison results. The data frame has the following columns:

Examples

# Minimal DAA-like results from three methods (no external dependencies required)
deseq2_df <- data.frame(
  feature = c("ko00010", "ko00020", "ko00564"),
  group1 = c("A", "A", "A"),
  group2 = c("B", "B", "B"),
  p_adjust = c(0.01, 0.20, 0.03),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)

edgeR_df <- data.frame(
  feature = c("ko00010", "ko00680", "ko00564"),
  group1 = c("A", "A", "A"),
  group2 = c("B", "B", "B"),
  p_adjust = c(0.02, 0.04, 0.01),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)

maaslin2_df <- data.frame(
  feature = c("ko00010", "ko03030", "ko00564"),
  group1 = c("A", "A", "A"),
  group2 = c("B", "B", "B"),
  p_adjust = c(0.03, 0.02, 0.04),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)

daa_results_list <- list(DESeq2 = deseq2_df, edgeR = edgeR_df, Maaslin2 = maaslin2_df)
comparison_results <- compare_daa_results(
  daa_results_list = daa_results_list,
  method_names = c("DESeq2", "edgeR", "Maaslin2"),
  p_values_threshold = 0.05
)
comparison_results

Compare GSEA and DAA results

Description

This function compares the results from Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and Differential Abundance Analysis (DAA) to identify similarities and differences.

Usage

compare_gsea_daa(
  gsea_results,
  daa_results,
  plot_type = "venn",
  p_threshold = 0.05
)

Arguments

gsea_results

A data frame containing GSEA results from the pathway_gsea function

daa_results

A data frame containing DAA results from the pathway_daa function

plot_type

A character string specifying the visualization type: "venn", "upset", or "scatter"

p_threshold

A numeric value specifying the significance threshold

Value

A ggplot2 object or a list containing the plot and comparison results

Examples

## Not run: 
# Load example data
data(ko_abundance)
data(metadata)

# Prepare abundance data
abundance_data <- as.data.frame(ko_abundance)
rownames(abundance_data) <- abundance_data[, "#NAME"]
abundance_data <- abundance_data[, -1]

# Run GSEA analysis (using camera method - recommended)
gsea_results <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "camera"
)

# Run DAA analysis
daa_results <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment"
)

# Compare results
comparison <- compare_gsea_daa(
  gsea_results = gsea_results,
  daa_results = daa_results,
  plot_type = "venn"
)

## End(Not run)

Compare Metagenome Results

Description

Compare Metagenome Results

Usage

compare_metagenome_results(
  metagenomes,
  names,
  daa_method = "ALDEx2",
  p_adjust_method = "BH",
  reference = NULL,
  p.adjust = NULL
)

Arguments

metagenomes

A list of metagenomes matrices with rows as KOs and columns as samples. Each matrix in the list should correspond to a different metagenome.

names

A vector of names for the metagenomes in the same order as in the 'metagenomes' list.

daa_method

A character specifying the method for differential abundance analysis (DAA). Possible choices are: "ALDEx2", "DESeq2", "edgeR", "limma voom", "metagenomeSeq", "LinDA", "Maaslin2", and "Lefse". The default is "ALDEx2".

p_adjust_method

A character specifying the method for p-value adjustment. Possible choices are: "BH" (Benjamini-Hochberg), "holm", "bonferroni", "hochberg", "fdr", and "none". The default is "BH".

reference

A character specifying the reference group level for DAA. This parameter is used when there are more than two groups. The default is NULL.

p.adjust

Deprecated. Use p_adjust_method instead.

Value

A list containing three elements:

Examples


library(dplyr)
library(ComplexHeatmap)
# Generate example data
set.seed(123)
# First metagenome
metagenome1 <- abs(matrix(rnorm(1000), nrow = 100, ncol = 10))
rownames(metagenome1) <- paste0("KO", 1:100)
colnames(metagenome1) <- paste0("sample", 1:10)
# Second metagenome
metagenome2 <- abs(matrix(rnorm(1000), nrow = 100, ncol = 10))
rownames(metagenome2) <- paste0("KO", 1:100)
colnames(metagenome2) <- paste0("sample", 1:10)
# Put the metagenomes into a list
metagenomes <- list(metagenome1, metagenome2)
# Define names
names <- c("metagenome1", "metagenome2")
# Call the function
results <- compare_metagenome_results(metagenomes, names, daa_method = "LinDA")
# Print the correlation matrix
print(results$correlation$cor_matrix)
# Display the heatmap
print(results$heatmap)


Create dendrogram plot from hierarchical clustering

Description

Create dendrogram plot from hierarchical clustering

Usage

create_dendrogram(
  hclust_obj,
  dendro_line_size = 0.5,
  dendro_labels = FALSE,
  horizontal = FALSE
)

Arguments

hclust_obj

An hclust object from hierarchical clustering

dendro_line_size

Line width for dendrogram branches

dendro_labels

Whether to show labels on dendrogram

horizontal

Whether to create horizontal dendrogram

Value

A ggplot dendrogram


Create empty plot for edge cases

Description

Create empty plot for edge cases

Usage

create_empty_plot(plot_type)

Arguments

plot_type

A character string specifying the visualization type

Value

A ggplot2 object


Create Gradient Colors

Description

Creates gradient colors for fold change visualization

Usage

create_gradient_colors(theme_name = "default", n_colors = 11, diverging = TRUE)

Arguments

theme_name

Character string specifying the theme

n_colors

Number of colors in the gradient

diverging

Whether to create a diverging gradient (for fold changes)

Value

A vector of colors


Create heatmap visualization of GSEA results

Description

Create heatmap visualization of GSEA results

Usage

create_heatmap_plot(
  gsea_results,
  abundance,
  metadata,
  group,
  n_pathways = 20,
  cluster_rows = TRUE,
  cluster_columns = TRUE,
  show_rownames = TRUE,
  annotation_colors = NULL,
  col_fun = NULL
)

Arguments

gsea_results

A data frame containing GSEA results from the pathway_gsea function

abundance

A data frame containing the original abundance data

metadata

A data frame containing sample metadata

group

A character string specifying the column name in metadata that contains the grouping variable

n_pathways

An integer specifying the number of pathways to display

cluster_rows

A logical value indicating whether to cluster rows

cluster_columns

A logical value indicating whether to cluster columns

show_rownames

A logical value indicating whether to show row names

annotation_colors

A list of colors for annotations

col_fun

A color function (e.g., circlize::colorRamp2) to control the main heatmap colors (optional)

Value

A ComplexHeatmap object


Create Enhanced Legend Theme

Description

Create Enhanced Legend Theme

Usage

create_legend_theme(
  position = "top",
  direction = "horizontal",
  title = NULL,
  title_size = 12,
  text_size = 10,
  key_size = 0.8,
  key_width = NULL,
  key_height = NULL,
  ncol = NULL,
  nrow = NULL,
  box_just = "center",
  margin = ggplot2::margin(0, 0, 0, 0)
)

Arguments

position

Legend position ("top", "bottom", "left", "right", "none")

direction

Legend direction ("horizontal", "vertical")

title

Legend title

title_size

Title font size

text_size

Text font size

key_size

Key size in cm

key_width

Key width

key_height

Key height

ncol

Number of columns

nrow

Number of rows

box_just

Legend box justification

margin

Legend margin

Value

ggplot2 theme elements


Create network visualization of GSEA results

Description

Create network visualization of GSEA results

Usage

create_network_plot(
  gsea_results,
  similarity_measure = "jaccard",
  similarity_cutoff = 0.3,
  n_pathways = 20,
  layout = "fruchterman",
  node_color_by = "NES",
  edge_width_by = "similarity",
  scale = NULL
)

Arguments

gsea_results

A data frame containing GSEA results from the pathway_gsea function

similarity_measure

A character string specifying the similarity measure: "jaccard", "overlap", or "correlation"

similarity_cutoff

A numeric value specifying the similarity threshold for filtering connections

n_pathways

An integer specifying the number of pathways to display

layout

A character string specifying the network layout algorithm: "fruchterman", "kamada", or "circle"

node_color_by

A character string specifying the node color mapping: "NES", "pvalue", or "p.adjust"

edge_width_by

A character string specifying the edge width mapping: "similarity" or "constant"

scale

Optional palette/scale for customizing node color mapping (same conventions as visualize_gsea)

Value

A ggplot2 object


Create Pathway Class Annotation Theme

Description

Create Pathway Class Annotation Theme

Usage

create_pathway_class_theme(
  text_size = "auto",
  text_color = "black",
  text_face = "bold",
  text_family = "sans",
  text_angle = 0,
  text_hjust = 0.5,
  text_vjust = 0.5,
  bg_color = NULL,
  bg_alpha = 0.2,
  position = "left"
)

Arguments

text_size

Text size

text_color

Text color

text_face

Text face ("plain", "bold", "italic")

text_family

Text family

text_angle

Text angle in degrees

text_hjust

Horizontal justification (0-1)

text_vjust

Vertical justification (0-1)

bg_color

Background color

bg_alpha

Background alpha

position

Annotation position ("left", "right", "none")

Value

List of annotation styling parameters


Differentially Abundant Analysis Results with Annotation

Description

This is a result dataset after processing 'kegg_abundance' through the 'pathway_daa' with the LinDA method and further annotation with 'pathway_annotation'.

Usage

daa_annotated_results_df

Format

A data frame with 10 variables:

adj_method

Method used for adjusting p-values.

feature

Feature being tested.

group1

One group in the comparison.

group2

The other group in the comparison.

method

Statistical test used.

p_adjust

Adjusted p-value.

p_values

P-values from the statistical test.

pathway_class

Class of the pathway.

pathway_description

Description of the pathway.

pathway_map

Map of the pathway.

pathway_name

Name of the pathway.

Source

From ggpicrust2 package demonstration.

References

Douglas GM, Maffei VJ, Zaneveld J, Yurgel SN, Brown JR, Taylor CM, Huttenhower C, Langille MGI. PICRUSt2 for prediction of metagenome functions. Nat Biotechnol. 2020.


DAA Results Dataset

Description

This dataset is the result of processing 'kegg_abundance' through the 'LinDA' method in the 'pathway_daa' function. It includes information about the feature, groups compared, p values, and method used.

Usage

daa_results_df

Format

A data frame with columns:

adj_method

Method used for p-value adjustment.

feature

The feature (pathway) being compared.

group1

The first group in the comparison.

group2

The second group in the comparison.

method

The method used for the comparison.

p_adjust

The adjusted p-value from the comparison.

p_values

The raw p-value from the comparison.

Source

From ggpicrust2 package demonstration.

References

Douglas GM, Maffei VJ, Zaneveld J, Yurgel SN, Brown JR, Taylor CM, Huttenhower C, Langille MGI. PICRUSt2 for prediction of metagenome functions. Nat Biotechnol. 2020.


Data Utilities for ggpicrust2

Description

Internal utility functions for data preprocessing, sample matching, and format standardization.


EC Number Reference Dataset

Description

A reference dataset mapping Enzyme Commission (EC) numbers to their descriptions. Used internally by ggpicrust2 for annotating enzyme-level functional predictions.

Usage

data("ec_reference")

Format

A data frame with 8405 observations and the following columns:

id

Character. EC number in the format "EC:X.X.X.X"

description

Character. Human-readable enzyme name/description

Source

KEGG REST API (https://rest.kegg.jp)

Examples

data("ec_reference")
head(ec_reference)

Smart P-value Formatting

Description

Smart P-value Formatting

Usage

format_pvalue_smart(
  p_values,
  format = "smart",
  stars = TRUE,
  thresholds = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05),
  star_symbols = c("***", "**", "*")
)

Arguments

p_values

Numeric vector of p-values

format

Character string specifying format type

stars

Logical, whether to include star symbols

thresholds

Numeric vector of significance thresholds

star_symbols

Character vector of star symbols

Value

Character vector of formatted p-values


Generate colors for nested grouping variables

Description

Generate colors for nested grouping variables

Usage

generate_nested_colors(metadata, all_groups, colors = NULL)

Arguments

metadata

A data frame containing metadata

all_groups

A character vector of grouping variables

colors

A character vector of colors or NULL

Value

A character vector of colors appropriate for the grouping structure


Get Available Color Themes

Description

Get Available Color Themes

Usage

get_available_themes()

Value

A character vector of available theme names


Get Color Theme

Description

Get Color Theme

Usage

get_color_theme(theme_name = "default", n_colors = 8)

Arguments

theme_name

Character string specifying the theme name

n_colors

Integer specifying the number of colors needed

Value

A list containing theme colors and settings


Get Significance Colors

Description

Get Significance Colors

Usage

get_significance_colors(
  p_values,
  thresholds = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05),
  colors = c("#d73027", "#fc8d59", "#fee08b"),
  default_color = "#999999"
)

Arguments

p_values

Numeric vector of p-values

thresholds

Numeric vector of significance thresholds

colors

Character vector of colors for each significance level

default_color

Default color for non-significant values

Value

Character vector of colors


Get Significance Stars

Description

Get Significance Stars

Usage

get_significance_stars(
  p_values,
  thresholds = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05),
  symbols = c("***", "**", "*")
)

Arguments

p_values

Numeric vector of p-values

thresholds

Numeric vector of significance thresholds

symbols

Character vector of star symbols

Value

Character vector of star symbols


This function integrates pathway name/description annotations, ten of the most advanced differential abundance (DA) methods, and visualization of DA results.

Description

This function integrates pathway name/description annotations, ten of the most advanced differential abundance (DA) methods, and visualization of DA results.

Usage

ggpicrust2(
  file = NULL,
  data = NULL,
  metadata,
  group,
  pathway,
  daa_method = "ALDEx2",
  ko_to_kegg = FALSE,
  filter_for_prokaryotes = TRUE,
  p.adjust = "BH",
  order = "group",
  p_values_bar = TRUE,
  x_lab = NULL,
  select = NULL,
  reference = NULL,
  colors = NULL,
  p_values_threshold = 0.05
)

Arguments

file

A character string representing the file path of the input file containing KO abundance data in picrust2 export format. The input file should have KO identifiers in the first column and sample identifiers in the first row. The remaining cells should contain the abundance values for each KO-sample pair.

data

An optional data.frame containing KO abundance data in the same format as the input file. If provided, the function will use this data instead of reading from the file. By default, this parameter is set to NULL.

metadata

A tibble, consisting of sample information

group

A character, name of the group

pathway

A character, consisting of "EC", "KO", "MetaCyc"

daa_method

a character specifying the method for differential abundance analysis, default is "ALDEx2", choices are: - "ALDEx2": ANOVA-Like Differential Expression tool for high throughput sequencing data - "DESeq2": Differential expression analysis based on the negative binomial distribution using DESeq2 - "edgeR": Exact test for differences between two groups of negative-binomially distributed counts using edgeR - "limma voom": Limma-voom framework for the analysis of RNA-seq data - "metagenomeSeq": Fit logistic regression models to test for differential abundance between groups using metagenomeSeq - "LinDA": Linear models for differential abundance analysis of microbiome compositional data - "Maaslin2": Multivariate Association with Linear Models (MaAsLin2) for differential abundance analysis

ko_to_kegg

A character to control the conversion of KO abundance to KEGG abundance

filter_for_prokaryotes

Logical. If TRUE (default), filters out KEGG pathways that are specific to eukaryotes (e.g., human diseases, organismal systems) when ko_to_kegg = TRUE. Set to FALSE to include all KEGG pathways.

p.adjust

a character specifying the method for p-value adjustment, default is "BH", choices are: - "BH": Benjamini-Hochberg correction - "holm": Holm's correction - "bonferroni": Bonferroni correction - "hochberg": Hochberg's correction - "fdr": False discovery rate correction - "none": No p-value adjustment.

order

A character to control the order of the main plot rows

p_values_bar

A character to control if the main plot has the p_values bar

x_lab

A character to control the x-axis label name, you can choose from "feature","pathway_name" and "description"

select

A vector consisting of pathway names to be selected

reference

A character, a reference group level for several DA methods

colors

A vector consisting of colors number

p_values_threshold

A numeric value specifying the threshold for statistical significance of differential abundance. Pathways with adjusted p-values below this threshold will be displayed in the plot. Default is 0.05.

Value

A list containing:

These additional fields allow seamless integration with pathway_pca and pathway_heatmap for further visualization without re-preparing data.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Load necessary data: abundance data and metadata
abundance_file <- "path/to/your/abundance_file.tsv"
metadata <- read.csv("path/to/your/metadata.csv")

# Run ggpicrust2 with input file path
results_file_input <- ggpicrust2(file = abundance_file,
                                 metadata = metadata,
                                 group = "your_group_column",
                                 pathway = "KO",
                                 daa_method = "LinDA",
                                 ko_to_kegg = "TRUE",
                                 order = "pathway_class",
                                 p_values_bar = TRUE,
                                 x_lab = "pathway_name")

# Run ggpicrust2 with imported data.frame
abundance_data <- read_delim(abundance_file, delim="\t", col_names=TRUE, trim_ws=TRUE)

# Run ggpicrust2 with input data
results_data_input <- ggpicrust2(data = abundance_data,
                                 metadata = metadata,
                                 group = "your_group_column",
                                 pathway = "KO",
                                 daa_method = "LinDA",
                                 ko_to_kegg = "TRUE",
                                 order = "pathway_class",
                                 p_values_bar = TRUE,
                                 x_lab = "pathway_name")

# Access the plot and results dataframe for the first DA method
example_plot <- results_file_input[[1]]$plot
example_results <- results_file_input[[1]]$results

# Use the example data in ggpicrust2 package
data(ko_abundance)
data(metadata)
results_file_input <- ggpicrust2(data = ko_abundance,
                                 metadata = metadata,
                                 group = "Environment",
                                 pathway = "KO",
                                 daa_method = "LinDA",
                                 ko_to_kegg = TRUE,
                                 order = "pathway_class",
                                 p_values_bar = TRUE,
                                 x_lab = "pathway_name")
# Analyze the EC or MetaCyc pathway
data(metacyc_abundance)
results_file_input <- ggpicrust2(data = metacyc_abundance,
                                 metadata = metadata,
                                 group = "Environment",
                                 pathway = "MetaCyc",
                                 daa_method = "LinDA",
                                 ko_to_kegg = FALSE,
                                 order = "group",
                                 p_values_bar = TRUE,
                                 x_lab = "description")

# Use the returned data for PCA analysis (no need to re-prepare data)
pca_plot <- pathway_pca(
  abundance = results_file_input$abundance,
  metadata = results_file_input$metadata,
  group = results_file_input$group
)

# Use the returned data for heatmap (filter significant pathways first)
sig_features <- results_file_input$daa_results_df %>%
  dplyr::filter(p_adjust < 0.05) %>%
  dplyr::pull(feature)
if (length(sig_features) > 0) {
  heatmap_plot <- pathway_heatmap(
    abundance = results_file_input$abundance[sig_features, , drop = FALSE],
    metadata = results_file_input$metadata,
    group = results_file_input$group
  )
}

## End(Not run)

Annotate GSEA results with pathway information

Description

This function adds pathway annotations to GSEA results, including pathway names, descriptions, and classifications.

Usage

gsea_pathway_annotation(gsea_results, pathway_type = "KEGG")

Arguments

gsea_results

A data frame containing GSEA results from the pathway_gsea function

pathway_type

A character string specifying the pathway type: "KEGG", "MetaCyc", or "GO"

Value

A data frame with annotated GSEA results

Examples

## Not run: 
# Load example data
data(ko_abundance)
data(metadata)

# Prepare abundance data
abundance_data <- as.data.frame(ko_abundance)
rownames(abundance_data) <- abundance_data[, "#NAME"]
abundance_data <- abundance_data[, -1]

# Run GSEA analysis (using camera method - recommended)
gsea_results <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "camera"
)

# Annotate results
annotated_results <- gsea_pathway_annotation(
  gsea_results = gsea_results,
  pathway_type = "KEGG"
)

## End(Not run)

Import Differential Abundance Analysis (DAA) results from MicrobiomeAnalyst

Description

This function imports DAA results from an external platform such as MicrobiomeAnalyst. It can be used to compare the results obtained from different platforms.

Arguments

file_path

a character string specifying the path to the CSV file containing the DAA results from MicrobiomeAnalyst. If this parameter is NULL and no data frame is provided, an error will be thrown. Default is NULL.

data

a data frame containing the DAA results from MicrobiomeAnalyst. If this parameter is NULL and no file path is provided, an error will be thrown. Default is NULL.

method

a character string specifying the method used for the DAA. This will be added as a new column in the returned data frame. Default is "MicrobiomeAnalyst".

group_levels

a character vector specifying the group levels for the DAA. This will be added as new columns in the returned data frame. Default is c("control", "treatment").

Value

a data frame containing the DAA results from MicrobiomeAnalyst with additional columns for the method and group levels.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Assuming you have a CSV file named "DAA_results.csv" in your current directory
daa_results <- import_MicrobiomeAnalyst_daa_results(file_path = "DAA_results.csv")

## End(Not run)


KEGG Abundance Dataset

Description

A dataset derived from 'ko_abundance' by the function 'ko2kegg_abundance' in the ggpicrust2 package. Each row corresponds to a KEGG pathway, and each column corresponds to a sample.

Usage

kegg_abundance

Format

A data frame where rownames are KEGG pathways and column names are individual sample names, including: "SRR11393730", "SRR11393731", "SRR11393732", "SRR11393733", "SRR11393734", "SRR11393735", "SRR11393736", "SRR11393737", "SRR11393738", "SRR11393739", "SRR11393740", "SRR11393741", "SRR11393742", "SRR11393743", "SRR11393744", "SRR11393745", "SRR11393746", "SRR11393747", "SRR11393748", "SRR11393749", "SRR11393750", "SRR11393751", "SRR11393752", "SRR11393753", "SRR11393754", "SRR11393755", "SRR11393756", "SRR11393757", "SRR11393758", "SRR11393759", "SRR11393760", "SRR11393761", "SRR11393762", "SRR11393763", "SRR11393764", "SRR11393765", "SRR11393766", "SRR11393767", "SRR11393768", "SRR11393769", "SRR11393770", "SRR11393771", "SRR11393772", "SRR11393773", "SRR11393774", "SRR11393775", "SRR11393776", "SRR11393777", "SRR11393778", "SRR11393779"

Source

From ggpicrust2 package demonstration.

References

Douglas GM, Maffei VJ, Zaneveld J, Yurgel SN, Brown JR, Taylor CM, Huttenhower C, Langille MGI. PICRUSt2 for prediction of metagenome functions. Nat Biotechnol. 2020.


KEGG Pathway Name Reference Dataset

Description

A reference dataset mapping KEGG pathway IDs to their human-readable names. Used internally by ggpicrust2 for pathway annotation in DAA and GSEA results.

Usage

data("kegg_pathway_reference")

Format

A data frame with 505 observations and the following columns:

pathway

Character. KEGG pathway ID in the format "koXXXXX" (e.g., "ko00010")

pathway_name

Character. Human-readable pathway name (e.g., "Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis")

Source

KEGG REST API (https://rest.kegg.jp)

Examples

data("kegg_pathway_reference")
head(kegg_pathway_reference)

Convert KO abundance in picrust2 export files to KEGG pathway abundance

Description

This function takes a file containing KO (KEGG Orthology) abundance data in picrust2 export format and converts it to KEGG pathway abundance data. The input file should be in .tsv, .txt, or .csv format.

Usage

ko2kegg_abundance(
  file = NULL,
  data = NULL,
  method = c("abundance", "sum"),
  filter_for_prokaryotes = TRUE
)

Arguments

file

A character string representing the file path of the input file containing KO abundance data in picrust2 export format. The input file should have KO identifiers in the first column and sample identifiers in the first row. The remaining cells should contain the abundance values for each KO-sample pair.

data

An optional data.frame containing KO abundance data in the same format as the input file. If provided, the function will use this data instead of reading from the file. By default, this parameter is set to NULL.

method

Method for calculating pathway abundance. One of:

  • "abundance": (Default) PICRUSt2-style calculation using the mean of upper-half sorted KO abundances. This method is more robust and avoids inflating abundances for pathways with more KOs.

  • "sum": Simple summation of all KO abundances. This is the legacy method and may double-count KOs belonging to multiple pathways.

filter_for_prokaryotes

Logical. If TRUE (default), filters out KEGG pathways that are not relevant to prokaryotic (bacterial/archaeal) analysis. This removes pathways in categories such as:

  • Human diseases (cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, addiction, etc.)

  • Organismal systems (immune system, nervous system, endocrine system, etc.)

Bacterial infection pathways and antimicrobial resistance pathways are retained. Set to FALSE to include all KEGG pathways (for eukaryotic analysis or custom filtering).

Details

The default "abundance" method follows PICRUSt2's approach for calculating pathway abundance:

  1. For each pathway, collect abundances of all associated KOs present in the data

  2. Sort the abundances in ascending order

  3. Take the upper half of the sorted values

  4. Calculate the mean as the pathway abundance

This approach has several advantages over simple summation:

The "sum" method is provided for backward compatibility and simply sums all KO abundances for each pathway.

Value

A data frame with KEGG pathway abundance values. Rows represent KEGG pathways, identified by their KEGG pathway IDs. Columns represent samples, identified by their sample IDs from the input file.

Pathway Filtering

When filter_for_prokaryotes = TRUE, the function excludes KEGG pathways that are biologically irrelevant to prokaryotic organisms. KEGG reference pathways include pathways from all domains of life, and many human/animal-specific pathways would appear in bacterial analysis simply because some KOs are shared across organisms.

The following KEGG Level 2 categories are excluded:

The following are RETAINED even with filtering:

Examples

## Not run: 
library(ggpicrust2)
library(readr)

# Example 1: Default - filtered for prokaryotic analysis
data(ko_abundance)
kegg_abundance <- ko2kegg_abundance(data = ko_abundance)

# Example 2: Include all pathways (for eukaryotic analysis)
kegg_abundance_all <- ko2kegg_abundance(data = ko_abundance, filter_for_prokaryotes = FALSE)

# Example 3: Using legacy sum method with filtering
kegg_abundance_sum <- ko2kegg_abundance(data = ko_abundance, method = "sum")

# Example 4: From file
input_file <- "path/to/your/picrust2/results/pred_metagenome_unstrat.tsv"
kegg_abundance <- ko2kegg_abundance(file = input_file)

## End(Not run)

KO Abundance Dataset

Description

This is a demonstration dataset from the ggpicrust2 package, representing the output of PICRUSt2. Each row represents a KO (KEGG Orthology) group, and each column corresponds to a sample.

Usage

ko_abundance

Format

A data frame where rownames are KO groups and column names include #NAME and individual sample names, such as: "#NAME", "SRR11393730", "SRR11393731", "SRR11393732", "SRR11393733", "SRR11393734", "SRR11393735", "SRR11393736", "SRR11393737", "SRR11393738", "SRR11393739", "SRR11393740", "SRR11393741", "SRR11393742", "SRR11393743", "SRR11393744", "SRR11393745", "SRR11393746", "SRR11393747", "SRR11393748", "SRR11393749", "SRR11393750", "SRR11393751", "SRR11393752", "SRR11393753", "SRR11393754", "SRR11393755", "SRR11393756", "SRR11393757", "SRR11393758", "SRR11393759", "SRR11393760", "SRR11393761", "SRR11393762", "SRR11393763", "SRR11393764", "SRR11393765", "SRR11393766", "SRR11393767", "SRR11393768", "SRR11393769", "SRR11393770", "SRR11393771", "SRR11393772", "SRR11393773", "SRR11393774", "SRR11393775", "SRR11393776", "SRR11393777", "SRR11393778", "SRR11393779"

Source

From ggpicrust2 package demonstration.

References

Douglas GM, Maffei VJ, Zaneveld J, Yurgel SN, Brown JR, Taylor CM, Huttenhower C, Langille MGI. PICRUSt2 for prediction of metagenome functions. Nat Biotechnol. 2020.


KEGG Orthology (KO) Reference Dataset

Description

A comprehensive reference dataset mapping KEGG Orthology (KO) identifiers to their pathway classifications and descriptions. Each KO entry can appear in multiple rows if it belongs to multiple pathways.

Usage

data("ko_reference")

Format

A data frame with 58693 observations and the following columns:

id

Character. KO identifier (e.g., "K00001")

PathwayL1

Character. Top-level KEGG pathway category (e.g., "Metabolism")

PathwayL2

Character. Second-level pathway category (e.g., "Carbohydrate metabolism")

Pathway

Character. Specific pathway name with ID (e.g., "Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis [PATH:ko00010]")

description

Character. KO entry description with gene name and EC number

Source

KEGG REST API (https://rest.kegg.jp)

Examples

data("ko_reference")
head(ko_reference)

# Check pathway hierarchy
table(ko_reference$PathwayL1)

KO to GO Reference Mapping Dataset

Description

A comprehensive reference dataset that maps KEGG Orthology (KO) identifiers to Gene Ontology (GO) terms. This dataset enables GO pathway analysis in ggpicrust2 by providing the necessary mappings between functional predictions and GO biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components.

Usage

data("ko_to_go_reference")

Format

A data frame with the following columns:

go_id

Character. GO term identifier in the format "GO:XXXXXXX"

go_name

Character. Human-readable name of the GO term

category

Character. GO category code. Use table(ko_to_go_reference$category) to see available categories.

ko_members

Character. Semicolon-separated list of KO identifiers associated with this GO term

Details

This dataset maps KEGG Orthology (KO) identifiers to Gene Ontology (GO) terms, enabling GO-level functional analysis of PICRUSt2 predictions.

The dataset is built from authoritative biological databases:

KEGG DBLINKS primarily cross-references Molecular Function (MF) GO terms, because KO entries describe individual gene functions that naturally correspond to molecular activities (enzyme activities, binding functions, etc.). The current dataset contains predominantly MF terms with a small number of CC (Cellular Component) terms.

Each GO term includes at least 3 associated KO identifiers, ensuring statistical utility for enrichment analysis.

Source

References

See Also

pathway_gsea, ko_abundance, metadata

Examples

# Load the dataset
data("ko_to_go_reference")

# Explore the dataset structure
head(ko_to_go_reference)
str(ko_to_go_reference)

# Check the distribution of GO categories
table(ko_to_go_reference$category)

# Find GO terms related to polymerase activity
polymerase_terms <- ko_to_go_reference[
  grepl("polymerase", ko_to_go_reference$go_name, ignore.case = TRUE), ]
head(polymerase_terms)

# Get KO members for a specific GO term (RNA polymerase activity)
rna_pol <- ko_to_go_reference[ko_to_go_reference$go_id == "GO:0003899", ]
if (nrow(rna_pol) > 0) {
  ko_list <- strsplit(rna_pol$ko_members, ";")[[1]]
  cat("KO identifiers for RNA polymerase activity:", paste(ko_list, collapse = ", "))
}

# Use in pathway analysis
## Not run: 
library(ggpicrust2)
library(tibble)

# Load example data
data("ko_abundance")
data("metadata")

# Perform GO pathway GSEA analysis
gsea_results <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = ko_abundance %>% column_to_rownames("#NAME"),
  metadata = metadata %>% column_to_rownames("sample_name"),
  group = "Environment",
  method = "fgsea",
  pathway_type = "GO",
  go_category = "MF",
  rank_method = "signal2noise"
)

# View results
head(gsea_results)

## End(Not run)

KO to KEGG Pathway Reference Data

Description

A comprehensive mapping between KEGG Orthology (KO) identifiers and KEGG pathways. This dataset contains mappings covering 532 pathways and 23,466 unique KO IDs, filtered to include only real KEGG pathway maps (5-digit IDs).

Usage

ko_to_kegg_reference

Format

A data frame with 9 variables:

pathway_id

KEGG pathway identifier (e.g., "ko00010")

pathway_number

KEGG pathway number

pathway_name

Full name of the pathway

ko_id

KEGG Orthology identifier (e.g., "K00001")

ko_description

Description of the KO

ec_number

EC number associated with the KO (if applicable)

level1

KEGG pathway hierarchy Level 1 classification

level2

KEGG pathway hierarchy Level 2 classification

level3

KEGG pathway hierarchy Level 3 classification

Details

This reference data is used by the ko2kegg_abundance function to convert KO abundance data to KEGG pathway abundance. The data is stored internally and does not require internet connectivity to use.

The dataset covers major KEGG pathway categories including:

Source

KEGG database (https://www.kegg.jp/)

See Also

ko2kegg_abundance for converting KO abundance to pathway abundance

Examples

# Load the reference data
data(ko_to_kegg_reference)

# View structure
str(ko_to_kegg_reference)

# Get unique pathways
unique_pathways <- unique(ko_to_kegg_reference$pathway_id)
length(unique_pathways)

# Find KOs for a specific pathway
glycolysis_kos <- ko_to_kegg_reference[ko_to_kegg_reference$pathway_id == "ko00010", ]
head(glycolysis_kos)


Legend and Annotation Utilities for ggpicrust2

Description

This module provides enhanced legend and annotation functionality for ggpicrust2 visualizations, including intelligent p-value formatting, significance marking, and customizable legend styling.


MetaCyc Abundance Dataset

Description

This is a demonstration dataset from the ggpicrust2 package, representing the output of PICRUSt2. Each row represents a MetaCyc pathway, and each column corresponds to a sample.

Usage

metacyc_abundance

Format

A data frame where rownames are MetaCyc pathways and column names include "pathway" and individual sample names, such as: "pathway", "SRR11393730", "SRR11393731", "SRR11393732", "SRR11393733", "SRR11393734", "SRR11393735", "SRR11393736", "SRR11393737", "SRR11393738", "SRR11393739", "SRR11393740", "SRR11393741", "SRR11393742", "SRR11393743", "SRR11393744", "SRR11393745", "SRR11393746", "SRR11393747", "SRR11393748", "SRR11393749", "SRR11393750", "SRR11393751", "SRR11393752", "SRR11393753", "SRR11393754", "SRR11393755", "SRR11393756", "SRR11393757", "SRR11393758", "SRR11393759", "SRR11393760", "SRR11393761", "SRR11393762", "SRR11393763", "SRR11393764", "SRR11393765", "SRR11393766", "SRR11393767", "SRR11393768", "SRR11393769", "SRR11393770", "SRR11393771", "SRR11393772", "SRR11393773", "SRR11393774", "SRR11393775", "SRR11393776", "SRR11393777", "SRR11393778", "SRR11393779"

Source

From ggpicrust2 package demonstration.

References

Douglas GM, Maffei VJ, Zaneveld J, Yurgel SN, Brown JR, Taylor CM, Huttenhower C, Langille MGI. PICRUSt2 for prediction of metagenome functions. Nat Biotechnol. 2020.


MetaCyc Pathway Reference Dataset

Description

A reference dataset mapping MetaCyc pathway identifiers to their descriptions. Used internally by ggpicrust2 for annotating MetaCyc pathway analysis results.

Usage

data("metacyc_reference")

Format

A data frame with 2714 observations and the following columns:

id

Character. MetaCyc pathway identifier (e.g., "GLYCOLYSIS", "TCA")

description

Character. Human-readable pathway description

Source

MetaCyc database (https://metacyc.org)

Examples

data("metacyc_reference")
head(metacyc_reference)

MetaCyc Pathway to EC Number Mapping Dataset

Description

A reference dataset mapping MetaCyc pathway identifiers to their associated Enzyme Commission (EC) numbers. Used internally by ggpicrust2 for MetaCyc pathway analysis, enabling the mapping between EC-level functional predictions and MetaCyc pathways.

Usage

data("metacyc_to_ec_reference")

Format

A data frame with 575 observations and the following columns:

pathway

Character. MetaCyc pathway identifier (e.g., "1CMET2-PWY")

ec_numbers

Character. Semicolon-separated list of EC numbers associated with the pathway

Source

MetaCyc database (https://metacyc.org)

Examples

data("metacyc_to_ec_reference")
head(metacyc_to_ec_reference)

# Count EC numbers per pathway
ec_counts <- sapply(strsplit(metacyc_to_ec_reference$ec_numbers, ";"), length)
summary(ec_counts)

Metadata for ggpicrust2 Demonstration

Description

This is a demonstration dataset from the ggpicrust2 package. It provides the metadata required for the demonstration functions in the package. The dataset includes environmental information for each sample.

Usage

metadata

Format

A tibble with each row representing metadata for a sample.

Sample1

Metadata for Sample1, including Environment

Sample2

Metadata for Sample2, including Environment

...

...

Source

ggpicrust2 package demonstration.

References

Douglas GM, Maffei VJ, Zaneveld J, Yurgel SN, Brown JR, Taylor CM, Huttenhower C, Langille MGI. PICRUSt2 for prediction of metagenome functions. Nat Biotechnol. 2020.


Pathway information annotation

Description

This function serves two main purposes: 1. Annotating pathway information from PICRUSt2 output files. 2. Annotating pathway information from the output of 'pathway_daa' function, and converting KO abundance to KEGG pathway abundance when 'ko_to_kegg' is set to TRUE.

**Important**: When 'ko_to_kegg = TRUE', this function automatically filters pathways by 'p_adjust < p_adjust_threshold'. If no pathways meet this criterion, the function returns the original data with NA annotation columns and issues a detailed warning message with diagnostic information and recommendations.

Usage

pathway_annotation(
  file = NULL,
  pathway = NULL,
  daa_results_df = NULL,
  ko_to_kegg = FALSE,
  organism = NULL,
  p_adjust_threshold = 0.05
)

Arguments

file

A character string, the path to the PICRUSt2 output file.

pathway

A character string, the type of pathway to annotate. Options are "KO", "EC", or "MetaCyc".

daa_results_df

A data frame, the output from 'pathway_daa' function. When 'ko_to_kegg = TRUE', must contain columns: feature, p_values, p_adjust, and method.

ko_to_kegg

A logical, decide if convert KO abundance to KEGG pathway abundance. Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE when using the function for the second use case. When TRUE, queries KEGG database for pathway annotations (requires internet connection) and filters for significant pathways.

organism

A character string specifying the KEGG organism code (e.g., 'hsa' for human, 'eco' for E. coli). Default is NULL, which retrieves generic KO information not specific to any organism. Only used when ko_to_kegg is TRUE.

p_adjust_threshold

A numeric value specifying the significance threshold for filtering pathways when 'ko_to_kegg = TRUE'. Only pathways with 'p_adjust < p_adjust_threshold' will be annotated via KEGG API. Default is 0.05. Ignored when 'ko_to_kegg = FALSE'.

Value

A data frame with annotated pathway information.

If using the function for the first use case (file input), the output data frame will include:

If ko_to_kegg is set to TRUE, the output data frame will also include:

**Note**: When ko_to_kegg = TRUE, only pathways with p_adjust < p_adjust_threshold are processed. If no pathways meet this criterion, all annotation columns will be NA, and a detailed warning message will be issued with diagnostic information.

When ko_to_kegg is TRUE, the function queries the KEGG database for pathway information. By default (organism = NULL), it retrieves generic KO information that is not specific to any organism. If you are interested in organism-specific pathway information, you can specify the KEGG organism code using the organism parameter.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Example 1: Annotate pathways from PICRUSt2 output file
pathway_annotation(file = "path/to/picrust2_output.tsv",
                              pathway = "KO")

## End(Not run)

## Not run: 
# Example 2: Annotate pathways from pathway_daa output
# Assuming you have daa_results from pathway_daa function
daa_results <- pathway_daa(abundance, metadata, group = "Group")
annotated_results <- pathway_annotation(pathway = "KO",
                              daa_results_df = daa_results,
                              ko_to_kegg = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

Differential Abundance Analysis for Predicted Functional Pathways

Description

Performs differential abundance analysis on predicted functional pathway data using various statistical methods. This function supports multiple methods for analyzing differences in pathway abundance between groups, including popular approaches like ALDEx2, DESeq2, edgeR, and others.

Usage

pathway_daa(
  abundance,
  metadata,
  group,
  daa_method = "ALDEx2",
  select = NULL,
  p_adjust_method = "BH",
  reference = NULL,
  include_abundance_stats = FALSE,
  include_effect_size = FALSE,
  p.adjust = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

abundance

A data frame or matrix containing predicted functional pathway abundance, with pathways/features as rows and samples as columns. The column names should match the sample names in metadata. Values should be counts or abundance measurements.

metadata

A data frame or tibble containing sample information. Must include a 'sample' column with sample identifiers matching the column names in abundance data.

group

Character string specifying the column name in metadata that contains group information for differential abundance analysis.

daa_method

Character string specifying the method for differential abundance analysis. Available choices are:

  • "ALDEx2": ANOVA-Like Differential Expression tool

  • "DESeq2": Differential expression analysis based on negative binomial distribution

  • "edgeR": Exact test for differences between groups using negative binomial model

  • "limma voom": Limma-voom framework for RNA-seq analysis

  • "metagenomeSeq": Zero-inflated Gaussian mixture model

  • "LinDA": Linear models for differential abundance analysis

  • "Maaslin2": Multivariate Association with Linear Models

  • "Lefser": Linear discriminant analysis effect size

Default is "ALDEx2".

select

Vector of sample names to include in the analysis. If NULL (default), all samples are included.

p_adjust_method

Character string specifying the method for p-value adjustment. Choices are:

  • "BH": Benjamini-Hochberg procedure (default)

  • "holm": Holm's step-down method

  • "bonferroni": Bonferroni correction

  • "hochberg": Hochberg's step-up method

  • "fdr": False Discovery Rate

  • "none": No adjustment

reference

Character string specifying the reference level for the group comparison. If NULL (default), the first level is used as reference.

include_abundance_stats

Logical value indicating whether to include abundance statistics (mean relative abundance, standard deviation, and log2 fold change) in the output. Default is FALSE for backward compatibility.

include_effect_size

Logical value indicating whether to include effect size information in the output for ALDEx2 analysis. When TRUE, additional columns are added including effect_size, diff_btw, log2_fold_change, rab_all, and overlap. Only applicable for two-group comparisons with ALDEx2 method. Default is FALSE for backward compatibility.

p.adjust

Deprecated. Use p_adjust_method instead.

...

Additional arguments passed to the specific DAA method

Value

A data frame containing the differential abundance analysis results. The structure of the results depends on the chosen DAA method. For methods that support multi-group comparisons (like LinDA), when there are more than two groups, the results will contain separate rows for each feature in each pairwise comparison between the reference group and each non-reference group. The data frame includes the following columns:

When include_abundance_stats = TRUE, the following additional columns are included:

Some methods may provide additional columns, such as log2_fold_change for effect size information.

When include_effect_size = TRUE and using ALDEx2 method with two groups, the following additional effect size columns are included:

References

Examples


# Load example data
data(ko_abundance)
data(metadata)

# Prepare abundance data
abundance_data <- as.data.frame(ko_abundance)
rownames(abundance_data) <- abundance_data[, "#NAME"]
abundance_data <- abundance_data[, -1]

# Run differential abundance analysis using ALDEx2
results <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment"
)

# Using a different method (DESeq2)
deseq_results <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  daa_method = "DESeq2"
)

# Create example data with more samples
abundance <- data.frame(
  sample1 = c(10, 20, 30),
  sample2 = c(20, 30, 40),
  sample3 = c(30, 40, 50),
  sample4 = c(40, 50, 60),
  sample5 = c(50, 60, 70),
  row.names = c("pathway1", "pathway2", "pathway3")
)

metadata <- data.frame(
  sample = c("sample1", "sample2", "sample3", "sample4", "sample5"),
  group = c("control", "control", "treatment", "treatment", "treatment")
)

# Run differential abundance analysis using ALDEx2
results <- pathway_daa(abundance, metadata, "group")

# Using a different method (limma voom instead of DESeq2 for this small example)
limma_results <- pathway_daa(abundance, metadata, "group",
                            daa_method = "limma voom")

# Analyze specific samples only
subset_results <- pathway_daa(abundance, metadata, "group",
                             select = c("sample1", "sample2", "sample3", "sample4"))

# Include effect size information for ALDEx2 analysis
aldex2_with_effect <- pathway_daa(abundance, metadata, "group",
                                 daa_method = "ALDEx2",
                                 include_effect_size = TRUE)

# The result will include additional columns: effect_size, diff_btw,
# log2_fold_change, rab_all, and overlap
head(aldex2_with_effect)



The function pathway_errorbar() is used to visualize the results of functional pathway differential abundance analysis as error bar plots.

Description

The function pathway_errorbar() is used to visualize the results of functional pathway differential abundance analysis as error bar plots.

Arguments

abundance

A data frame with row names representing pathways and column names representing samples. Each element represents the relative abundance of the corresponding pathway in the corresponding sample.

daa_results_df

A data frame containing the results of the differential abundance analysis of the pathways, generated by the pathway_daa function. x_lab should be a column name of daa_results_df.

Group

A data frame or a vector that assigns each sample to a group. The groups are used to color the samples in the figure.

ko_to_kegg

A logical parameter indicating whether there was a convertion that convert ko abundance to kegg abundance.

p_values_threshold

A numeric parameter specifying the threshold for statistical significance of differential abundance. Pathways with p-values below this threshold will be considered significant.

order

A parameter controlling the ordering of the rows in the figure. The options are: "p_values" (order by p-values), "name" (order by pathway name), "group" (order by the group with the highest mean relative abundance), or "pathway_class" (order by the pathway category).

select

A vector of pathway names to be included in the figure. This can be used to limit the number of pathways displayed. If NULL, all pathways will be displayed.

p_value_bar

A logical parameter indicating whether to display a bar showing the p-value threshold for significance. If TRUE, the bar will be displayed.

colors

A vector of colors to be used to represent the groups in the figure. Each color corresponds to a group. If NULL, colors will be selected based on the color_theme.

x_lab

A character string to be used as the x-axis label in the figure. The default value is "description" for KOs'descriptions and "pathway_name" for KEGG pathway names.

log2_fold_change_color

A character string specifying the color for log2 fold change bars. Default is "#87ceeb" (light blue). Can also be "auto" to use theme-based colors.

max_features

A numeric parameter specifying the maximum number of features to display before issuing a warning. Default is 30. Set to a higher value to display more features, or Inf to disable the limit entirely.

color_theme

A character string specifying the color theme to use. Options include: "default", "nature", "science", "cell", "nejm", "lancet", "colorblind_friendly", "viridis", "plasma", "minimal", "high_contrast", "pastel", "bold". Default is "default".

pathway_class_colors

A vector of colors for pathway class annotations. If NULL, colors will be selected from the theme.

smart_colors

A logical parameter indicating whether to use intelligent color selection based on data characteristics. Default is FALSE.

accessibility_mode

A logical parameter indicating whether to use accessibility-friendly colors. Default is FALSE.

legend_position

A character string specifying legend position. Options: "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "none". Default is "top".

legend_direction

A character string specifying legend direction. Options: "horizontal", "vertical". Default is "horizontal".

legend_title

A character string for legend title. If NULL, no title is displayed.

legend_title_size

A numeric value specifying legend title font size. Default is 12.

legend_text_size

A numeric value specifying legend text font size. Default is 10.

legend_key_size

A numeric value specifying legend key size in cm. Default is 0.8.

legend_ncol

A numeric value specifying number of columns in legend. If NULL, automatic layout is used.

legend_nrow

A numeric value specifying number of rows in legend. If NULL, automatic layout is used.

pvalue_format

A character string specifying p-value format. Options: "numeric", "scientific", "smart", "stars_only", "combined". Default is "smart".

pvalue_stars

A logical parameter indicating whether to display significance stars. Default is TRUE.

pvalue_colors

A logical parameter indicating whether to use color coding for significance levels. Default is FALSE.

pvalue_size

A numeric value or "auto" for p-value text size. Default is "auto".

pvalue_angle

A numeric value specifying p-value text angle in degrees. Default is 0.

pvalue_thresholds

A numeric vector of significance thresholds. Default is c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05).

pvalue_star_symbols

A character vector of star symbols for significance levels. Default is c("***", "**", "*").

pathway_class_text_size

A numeric value or "auto" for pathway class text size. Default is "auto".

pathway_class_text_color

A character string for pathway class text color. Use "auto" for theme-based color. Default is "black".

pathway_class_text_face

A character string for pathway class text face. Options: "plain", "bold", "italic". Default is "bold".

pathway_class_text_angle

A numeric value specifying pathway class text angle in degrees. Default is 0.

pathway_class_position

A character string specifying pathway class position. Options: "left", "right", "none". Default is "left".

pathway_names_text_size

A numeric value or "auto" for pathway names (y-axis labels) text size. Default is "auto".

Value

A ggplot2 plot showing the error bar plot of the differential abundance analysis results for the functional pathways. The plot visualizes the differential abundance results of a specific differential abundance analysis method. The corresponding dataframe contains the results used to create the plot.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Example 1: Analyzing KEGG pathway abundance
metadata <- read_delim(
  "path/to/your/metadata.txt",
  delim = "\t",
  escape_double = FALSE,
  trim_ws = TRUE
)

# data(metadata)

kegg_abundance <- ko2kegg_abundance(
  "path/to/your/pred_metagenome_unstrat.tsv"
)

# data(kegg_abundance)

# Please change group to "your_group_column" if you are not using example dataset
group <- "Environment"

daa_results_df <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = kegg_abundance,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = group,
  daa_method = "ALDEx2",
  select = NULL,
  reference = NULL
)

# Please check the unique(daa_results_df$method) and choose one
daa_sub_method_results_df <- daa_results_df[daa_results_df$method
== "ALDEx2_Welch's t test", ]

daa_annotated_sub_method_results_df <- pathway_annotation(
  pathway = "KO",
  daa_results_df = daa_sub_method_results_df,
  ko_to_kegg = TRUE
)

# Please change Group to metadata$your_group_column if you are not using example dataset
Group <- metadata$Environment

p <- pathway_errorbar(
  abundance = kegg_abundance,
  daa_results_df = daa_annotated_sub_method_results_df,
  Group = Group,
  p_values_threshold = 0.05,
  order = "pathway_class",
  select = daa_annotated_sub_method_results_df %>%
  arrange(p_adjust) %>%
  slice(1:20) %>%
  select("feature") %>% pull(),
  ko_to_kegg = TRUE,
  p_value_bar = TRUE,
  colors = NULL,
  x_lab = "pathway_name",
  log2_fold_change_color = "#FF5733" # Custom color for log2 fold change bars
)

# Example 2: Analyzing EC, MetaCyc, KO without conversions
metadata <- read_delim(
  "path/to/your/metadata.txt",
  delim = "\t",
  escape_double = FALSE,
  trim_ws = TRUE
)
# data(metadata)

metacyc_abundance <- read.delim("path/to/your/metacyc_abundance.tsv")

# data(metacyc_abundance)

group <- "Environment"

daa_results_df <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = metacyc_abundance %>% column_to_rownames("pathway"),
  metadata = metadata,
  group = group,
  daa_method = "LinDA",
  select = NULL,
  reference = NULL
)


daa_annotated_results_df <- pathway_annotation(
  pathway = "MetaCyc",
  daa_results_df = daa_results_df,
  ko_to_kegg = FALSE
)

Group <- metadata$Environment

p <- pathway_errorbar(
  abundance = metacyc_abundance %>% column_to_rownames("pathway"),
  daa_results_df = daa_annotated_results_df,
  Group = Group,
  p_values_threshold = 0.05,
  order = "group",
  select = NULL,
  ko_to_kegg = FALSE,
  p_value_bar = TRUE,
  colors = NULL,
  x_lab = "description",
  log2_fold_change_color = "#006400" # Dark green for log2 fold change bars
)

## End(Not run)

Generate Abundance Statistics Table for Pathway Analysis

Description

This function generates a table containing mean relative abundance, standard deviation, and log2 fold change statistics for pathways, similar to the data used in pathway_errorbar plots but returned as a data frame instead of a plot.

Usage

pathway_errorbar_table(
  abundance,
  daa_results_df,
  Group,
  ko_to_kegg = FALSE,
  p_values_threshold = 0.05,
  select = NULL,
  max_features = 30,
  metadata = NULL,
  sample_col = "sample_name"
)

Arguments

abundance

A data frame or matrix containing predicted functional pathway abundance, with pathways/features as rows and samples as columns. The column names should match the sample names in metadata.

daa_results_df

A data frame containing differential abundance analysis results from pathway_daa function. Must contain columns: feature, group1, group2, p_adjust.

Group

A vector containing group assignments for each sample in the same order as the columns in abundance matrix. Alternatively, if metadata is provided, this should match the order of samples in metadata.

ko_to_kegg

Logical value indicating whether to use KO to KEGG conversion. Default is FALSE.

p_values_threshold

Numeric value for p-value threshold to filter significant features. Default is 0.05.

select

Character vector of specific features to include. If NULL, all significant features are included.

max_features

Maximum number of features to include in the table. Default is 30.

metadata

Optional data frame containing sample metadata. If provided, the Group vector will be reordered to match the abundance column order.

sample_col

Character string specifying the column name in metadata that contains sample identifiers. Default is "sample_name".

Value

A data frame containing the following columns:

Examples

## Not run: 
# Load example data
data("ko_abundance")
data("metadata")

# Convert KO abundance to KEGG pathways
kegg_abundance <- ko2kegg_abundance(data = ko_abundance)

# Perform differential abundance analysis
daa_results_df <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = kegg_abundance,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  daa_method = "ALDEx2"
)

# Filter for specific method
daa_sub_method_results_df <- daa_results_df[
  daa_results_df$method == "ALDEx2_Welch's t test", 
]

# Annotate results
daa_annotated_sub_method_results_df <- pathway_annotation(
  pathway = "KO",
  daa_results_df = daa_sub_method_results_df,
  ko_to_kegg = TRUE
)

# Generate abundance statistics table
abundance_stats_table <- pathway_errorbar_table(
  abundance = kegg_abundance,
  daa_results_df = daa_annotated_sub_method_results_df,
  Group = metadata$Environment,
  ko_to_kegg = TRUE,
  p_values_threshold = 0.05
)

# View the results
head(abundance_stats_table)

## End(Not run)


Gene Set Enrichment Analysis for PICRUSt2 output

Description

This function performs Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) on PICRUSt2 predicted functional data to identify enriched pathways between different conditions.

Usage

pathway_gsea(
  abundance,
  metadata,
  group,
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "camera",
  covariates = NULL,
  contrast = NULL,
  inter.gene.cor = 0.01,
  rank_method = "signal2noise",
  nperm = 1000,
  min_size = 5,
  max_size = 500,
  p_adjust_method = "BH",
  seed = 42,
  go_category = "all",
  organism = "ko",
  p.adjust = NULL
)

Arguments

abundance

A data frame containing gene/enzyme abundance data, with features as rows and samples as columns. For KEGG analysis: features should be KO IDs (e.g., K00001). For MetaCyc analysis: features should be EC numbers (e.g., EC:1.1.1.1 or 1.1.1.1), NOT pathway IDs. For GO analysis: features should be KO IDs that will be mapped to GO terms. NOTE: This function requires gene-level data, not pathway-level abundances. For pathway abundance analysis, use pathway_daa instead

metadata

A data frame containing sample metadata

group

A character string specifying the column name in metadata that contains the grouping variable

pathway_type

A character string specifying the pathway type: "KEGG", "MetaCyc", or "GO"

method

A character string specifying the GSEA method:

  • "camera": Competitive gene set test using limma's camera function (recommended). Accounts for inter-gene correlations and provides more reliable p-values.

  • "fry": Fast approximation to rotation gene set testing using limma's fry function. Self-contained test that is computationally efficient.

  • "fgsea": Fast preranked GSEA implementation. Note: preranked methods may produce unreliable p-values due to not accounting for inter-gene correlations (Wu et al., 2012).

  • "GSEA" or "clusterProfiler": clusterProfiler's GSEA implementation.

covariates

A character vector specifying column names in metadata to use as covariates for adjustment. Only used when method is "camera" or "fry". Default is NULL (no covariates). Example: covariates = c("age", "sex", "BMI")

contrast

For multi-group comparisons with "camera" or "fry" methods, specify the contrast to test. Can be a character string naming a group level, or a numeric vector of contrast weights. Default is NULL (automatic: compares second group to first).

inter.gene.cor

Numeric value specifying the inter-gene correlation for camera method. Default is 0.01. Use NA to estimate correlation from data for each gene set.

rank_method

A character string specifying the ranking statistic for preranked methods (fgsea, GSEA, clusterProfiler): "signal2noise", "t_test", "log2_ratio", or "diff_abundance"

nperm

An integer specifying the number of permutations (for clusterProfiler method only). The fgsea method uses adaptive multilevel splitting and does not require a fixed permutation count.

min_size

An integer specifying the minimum gene set size

max_size

An integer specifying the maximum gene set size

p_adjust_method

A character string specifying the p-value adjustment method

seed

An integer specifying the random seed for reproducibility

go_category

A character string specifying GO category to use. "all" (default) uses all categories present in the reference data. Valid categories are determined by the reference data (currently MF and CC). See table(ko_to_go_reference$category) for available categories.

organism

A character string specifying the organism for KEGG analysis (default: "ko" for KEGG Orthology)

p.adjust

Deprecated. Use p_adjust_method instead.

Details

Method Selection:

The camera method (default) is recommended for most analyses because:

The fry method is a fast alternative that:

The preranked methods (fgsea, GSEA) are included for compatibility but users should be aware that Wu et al. (2012) demonstrated these can produce "spectacularly wrong p-values" even with low inter-gene correlations.

Covariate Adjustment:

When using method = "camera" or method = "fry", you can adjust for confounding variables by specifying them in the covariates parameter. This is particularly important in microbiome studies where factors like age, sex, BMI, and batch effects can influence results.

Value

A data frame containing GSEA results with columns:

For fgsea/clusterProfiler methods, additional columns include ES, NES, and leading_edge.

References

Wu, D., & Smyth, G. K. (2012). Camera: a competitive gene set test accounting for inter-gene correlation. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(17), e133.

Wu, D., Lim, E., Vaillant, F., Asselin-Labat, M. L., Visvader, J. E., & Smyth, G. K. (2010). ROAST: rotation gene set tests for complex microarray experiments. Bioinformatics, 26(17), 2176-2182.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Load example data
data(ko_abundance)
data(metadata)

# Prepare abundance data
abundance_data <- as.data.frame(ko_abundance)
rownames(abundance_data) <- abundance_data[, "#NAME"]
abundance_data <- abundance_data[, -1]

# Method 1: Using camera (recommended) - accounts for inter-gene correlations
gsea_results <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "camera"
)

# Method 2: Using camera with covariate adjustment
gsea_results_adj <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Disease",
  covariates = c("age", "sex"),
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "camera"
)

# Method 3: Using fry for fast self-contained testing
gsea_results_fry <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "fry"
)

# Method 4: Using fgsea (preranked, less reliable p-values)
gsea_results_fgsea <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "fgsea"
)

# Visualize results
visualize_gsea(gsea_results, plot_type = "enrichment_plot", n_pathways = 10)

## End(Not run)

Create pathway heatmap with support for multiple grouping variables

Description

This function creates a heatmap of the predicted functional pathway abundance data with support for single or multiple grouping variables. The function first performs z-score normalization on the abundance data, then converts it to a long format and orders the samples based on the grouping information. The heatmap supports nested faceting for multiple grouping variables and is created using the 'ggplot2' library.

Arguments

abundance

A matrix or data frame of pathway abundance data, where columns correspond to samples and rows correspond to pathways. Must contain at least two samples.

metadata

A data frame of metadata, where each row corresponds to a sample and each column corresponds to a metadata variable.

group

A character string specifying the column name in the metadata data frame that contains the primary group variable. Must contain at least two groups.

secondary_groups

A character vector specifying additional grouping variables for creating nested faceted heatmaps. If NULL, only the primary group will be used. These variables will be used as secondary levels in the faceting hierarchy.

colors

A vector of colors used for the background of the facet labels in the heatmap. If NULL or not provided, a default color set is used for the facet strips.

font_size

A numeric value specifying the font size for the heatmap.

show_row_names

A logical value indicating whether to show row names in the heatmap.

show_legend

A logical value indicating whether to show the legend in the heatmap.

custom_theme

A custom theme for the heatmap.

low_color

A character string specifying the color for low values in the heatmap gradient. Default is "#0571b0" (blue).

mid_color

A character string specifying the color for middle values in the heatmap gradient. Default is "white".

high_color

A character string specifying the color for high values in the heatmap gradient. Default is "#ca0020" (red).

cluster_rows

A logical value indicating whether to cluster rows (pathways). Default is FALSE.

cluster_cols

A logical value indicating whether to cluster columns (samples). Default is FALSE.

clustering_method

A character string specifying the clustering method. Options: "complete", "average", "single", "ward.D", "ward.D2", "mcquitty", "median", "centroid". Default is "complete".

clustering_distance

A character string specifying the distance metric. Options: "euclidean", "maximum", "manhattan", "canberra", "binary", "minkowski", "correlation", "spearman". Default is "euclidean".

dendro_line_size

A numeric value specifying the line width of dendrogram branches. Default is 0.5.

dendro_labels

A logical value indicating whether to show dendrogram labels. Default is FALSE.

facet_by

[Deprecated] A character string specifying an additional grouping variable for creating faceted heatmaps. This parameter is deprecated and will be removed in future versions. Use secondary_groups instead.

colorbar_title

A character string specifying the title for the color bar. Default is "Z Score".

colorbar_position

A character string specifying the position of the color bar. Options: "right", "left", "top", "bottom". Default is "right".

colorbar_width

A numeric value specifying the width of the color bar. Default is 0.6.

colorbar_height

A numeric value specifying the height of the color bar. Default is 9.

colorbar_breaks

An optional numeric vector specifying custom breaks for the color bar.

Value

A ggplot heatmap object representing the heatmap of the predicted functional pathway abundance data.

Examples


library(ggpicrust2)
library(ggh4x)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(tibble)
library(magrittr)

# Create example functional pathway abundance data
kegg_abundance_example <- matrix(rnorm(30), nrow = 3, ncol = 10)
colnames(kegg_abundance_example) <- paste0("Sample", 1:10)
rownames(kegg_abundance_example) <- c("PathwayA", "PathwayB", "PathwayC")

# Create example metadata
metadata_example <- data.frame(
  sample_name = colnames(kegg_abundance_example),
  group = factor(rep(c("Control", "Treatment"), each = 5)),
  batch = factor(rep(c("Batch1", "Batch2"), times = 5))
)

# Custom colors for facet strips
custom_colors <- c("skyblue", "salmon")

# Example 1: Basic heatmap
pathway_heatmap(kegg_abundance_example, metadata_example, "group", colors = custom_colors)

# Example 2: Heatmap with row clustering
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = kegg_abundance_example,
  metadata = metadata_example,
  group = "group",
  cluster_rows = TRUE,
  clustering_method = "complete",
  clustering_distance = "euclidean",
  dendro_line_size = 0.8
)

# Example 3: Heatmap with column clustering using correlation distance
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = kegg_abundance_example,
  metadata = metadata_example,
  group = "group",
  cluster_cols = TRUE,
  clustering_method = "ward.D2",
  clustering_distance = "correlation"
)

# Example 4: Multi-level grouping with secondary_groups (NEW FEATURE)
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = kegg_abundance_example,
  metadata = metadata_example,
  group = "group",
  secondary_groups = "batch",
  colors = c("lightblue", "lightcoral", "lightgreen", "lightyellow")
)

# Example 5: Custom colorbar settings
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = kegg_abundance_example,
  metadata = metadata_example,
  group = "group",
  colorbar_title = "Expression Level",
  colorbar_position = "bottom",
  colorbar_width = 8,
  colorbar_height = 0.8,
  colorbar_breaks = c(-2, -1, 0, 1, 2)
)

# Example 6: Advanced heatmap with clustering and custom aesthetics
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = kegg_abundance_example,
  metadata = metadata_example,
  group = "group",
  cluster_rows = TRUE,
  cluster_cols = FALSE,  # Don't cluster columns to preserve group order
  clustering_method = "average",
  clustering_distance = "manhattan",
  dendro_line_size = 1.0,
  low_color = "#053061",     # Dark blue
  mid_color = "#f7f7f7",     # Light gray
  high_color = "#67001f",    # Dark red
  colorbar_title = "Z-Score",
  colorbar_position = "left"
)

# Use real dataset
data("metacyc_abundance")
data("metadata")
metacyc_daa_results_df <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = metacyc_abundance %>% column_to_rownames("pathway"),
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  daa_method = "LinDA"
)
annotated_metacyc_daa_results_df <- pathway_annotation(
  pathway = "MetaCyc",
  daa_results_df = metacyc_daa_results_df,
  ko_to_kegg = FALSE
)
feature_with_p_0.05 <- metacyc_daa_results_df %>% filter(p_adjust < 0.05)

# Example 7: Real data with hierarchical clustering
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = metacyc_abundance %>%
    right_join(
      annotated_metacyc_daa_results_df %>%
      select(all_of(c("feature","description"))),
      by = c("pathway" = "feature")
    ) %>%
    filter(pathway %in% feature_with_p_0.05$feature) %>%
    select(-"pathway") %>%
    filter(!is.na(description)) %>%
    distinct(description, .keep_all = TRUE) %>%
    column_to_rownames("description"),
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  cluster_rows = TRUE,
  clustering_method = "ward.D2",
  clustering_distance = "correlation",
  colors = custom_colors,
  low_color = "#2166ac",  # Custom blue for low values
  mid_color = "#f7f7f7",  # Light gray for mid values
  high_color = "#b2182b", # Custom red for high values
  colorbar_title = "Standardized Abundance"
)

# Example 8: Multiple grouping variables (NEW FEATURE)
# Create extended metadata with additional grouping variables
metadata_extended <- metadata_example %>%
  mutate(
    sex = factor(rep(c("Male", "Female"), times = 5)),
    age_group = factor(rep(c("Young", "Old"), each = 5))
  )

# Multi-level grouping with three variables
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = kegg_abundance_example,
  metadata = metadata_extended,
  group = "group",                    # Primary grouping
  secondary_groups = c("batch", "sex"), # Secondary groupings
  colors = c("lightblue", "lightcoral")
)

# Example 9: Migration from facet_by to secondary_groups
# OLD WAY (deprecated, will show warning):
# pathway_heatmap(abundance, metadata, group = "Environment", facet_by = "Group")

# NEW WAY (recommended):
# pathway_heatmap(abundance, metadata, group = "Environment", secondary_groups = "Group")

# Example 10: Real data with multiple grouping variables
pathway_heatmap(
  abundance = metacyc_abundance %>%
    right_join(
      annotated_metacyc_daa_results_df %>%
      select(all_of(c("feature","description"))),
      by = c("pathway" = "feature")
    ) %>%
    filter(pathway %in% feature_with_p_0.05$feature) %>%
    select(-"pathway") %>%
    filter(!is.na(description)) %>%
    distinct(description, .keep_all = TRUE) %>%
    column_to_rownames("description"),
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",              # Primary: Pro-survival vs others
  secondary_groups = "Group",         # Secondary: Broad Institute vs Jackson Labs
  cluster_rows = TRUE,
  clustering_method = "ward.D2",
  clustering_distance = "correlation"
)


Perform Principal Component Analysis (PCA) on functional pathway abundance data

Description

This function performs PCA analysis on pathway abundance data and creates an informative visualization that includes a scatter plot of the first two principal components (PC1 vs PC2) with density plots for both PCs. The plot helps to visualize the clustering patterns and distribution of samples across different groups.

Usage

pathway_pca(abundance, metadata, group, colors = NULL, show_marginal = TRUE)

Arguments

abundance

A numeric matrix or data frame containing pathway abundance data. Rows represent pathways, columns represent samples. Column names must match the sample names in metadata. Values must be numeric and cannot contain missing values (NA).

metadata

A data frame containing sample information. Must include a column for grouping samples (specified by the 'group' parameter). Sample identifiers are auto-detected from columns named sample_name, Sample_ID, SampleID, etc., or from rownames.

group

A character string specifying the column name in metadata that contains group information for samples (e.g., "treatment", "condition", "group").

colors

Optional. A character vector of colors for different groups. Length must match the number of unique groups. If NULL, default colors will be used.

show_marginal

Logical. Whether to show marginal density plots for PC1 and PC2. Default is TRUE. Set to FALSE to show only the PCA scatter plot.

Details

The function automatically aligns samples between abundance data and metadata, supporting various sample identifier formats. Samples and pathways with zero variance are filtered before PCA.

Value

A ggplot object showing:

Examples

# Create example abundance data
abundance_data <- matrix(rnorm(30), nrow = 3, ncol = 10)
colnames(abundance_data) <- paste0("Sample", 1:10)
rownames(abundance_data) <- c("PathwayA", "PathwayB", "PathwayC")

# Create example metadata
metadata <- data.frame(
  sample_name = paste0("Sample", 1:10),
  group = factor(rep(c("Control", "Treatment"), each = 5))
)

# Basic PCA plot with default colors
pca_plot <- pathway_pca(abundance_data, metadata, "group")

# PCA plot with custom colors
pca_plot <- pathway_pca(
  abundance_data,
  metadata,
  "group",
  colors = c("blue", "red")  # One color per group
)

# PCA plot without marginal density plots
pca_plot <- pathway_pca(
  abundance_data,
  metadata,
  "group",
  show_marginal = FALSE
)


# Example with real data
data("metacyc_abundance")  # Load example pathway abundance data
data("metadata")          # Load example metadata

# Generate PCA plot
# Prepare abundance data
abundance_data <- as.data.frame(metacyc_abundance)
rownames(abundance_data) <- abundance_data$pathway
abundance_data <- abundance_data[, -which(names(abundance_data) == "pathway")]

# Create PCA plot
pathway_pca(
  abundance_data,
  metadata,
  "Environment",
  colors = c("green", "purple")
)



Ridge Plot for GSEA Results

Description

Creates a ridge plot (joy plot) to visualize the distribution of gene/KO abundances or fold changes for enriched pathways from GSEA analysis. This helps interpret whether pathways are predominantly up- or down-regulated.

Usage

pathway_ridgeplot(
  gsea_results,
  abundance,
  metadata,
  group,
  pathway_reference = NULL,
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  n_pathways = 10,
  sort_by = "p.adjust",
  show_direction = TRUE,
  colors = c(Down = "#3182bd", Up = "#de2d26"),
  title = "Ridge Plot: Gene Distribution in Enriched Pathways",
  x_lab = "log2 Fold Change",
  scale_height = 0.9,
  alpha = 0.7
)

Arguments

gsea_results

A data frame containing GSEA results from pathway_gsea. Must contain pathway_id column and either NES or direction column.

abundance

A data frame or matrix containing the original abundance data (genes/KOs as rows, samples as columns) used in the GSEA analysis.

metadata

A data frame containing sample metadata with group information.

group

Character string specifying the column name in metadata for grouping.

pathway_reference

A data frame containing pathway-to-gene mappings. Must have columns: pathway_id (or go_id for GO) and a column containing gene/KO members (semicolon-separated). If NULL, attempts to use built-in KEGG or GO reference data.

pathway_type

Character string specifying the pathway type: "KEGG", "GO", or "MetaCyc". Default is "KEGG".

n_pathways

Integer specifying the number of top pathways to display. Default is 10.

sort_by

Character string specifying how to sort pathways: "NES" (Normalized Enrichment Score), "pvalue", or "p.adjust". Default is "p.adjust".

show_direction

Logical. If TRUE, colors ridges by enrichment direction. Default is TRUE.

colors

Named character vector with colors for "Up" and "Down" directions. Default is blue for down-regulated and red for up-regulated.

title

Character string for plot title.

x_lab

Character string for x-axis label.

scale_height

Numeric value controlling the overlap of ridges. Default is 0.9. Higher values create more overlap.

alpha

Numeric value for ridge transparency (0-1). Default is 0.7.

Details

The ridge plot displays the distribution of gene abundances (or fold changes) for genes within each enriched pathway. This visualization helps to:

The plot requires the ggridges package to be installed.

Value

A ggplot2 object that can be further customized or saved.

See Also

pathway_gsea, visualize_gsea, pathway_volcano

Examples

## Not run: 
library(ggpicrust2)
library(tibble)

# Load example data
data("ko_abundance")
data("metadata")

# Run GSEA (using camera method - recommended)
gsea_results <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = ko_abundance %>% column_to_rownames("#NAME"),
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "camera"
)

# Create ridge plot
ridge_plot <- pathway_ridgeplot(
  gsea_results = gsea_results,
  abundance = ko_abundance %>% column_to_rownames("#NAME"),
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  n_pathways = 10
)
print(ridge_plot)

## End(Not run)


Volcano Plot for Pathway Differential Abundance Analysis

Description

Creates a volcano plot to visualize the results of differential abundance analysis, showing both statistical significance (-log10 p-value) and effect size (log2 fold change).

Usage

pathway_volcano(
  daa_results,
  fc_col = "log2_fold_change",
  p_col = "p_adjust",
  label_col = "pathway_name",
  fc_threshold = 1,
  p_threshold = 0.05,
  label_top_n = 10,
  point_size = 2,
  point_alpha = 0.6,
  colors = c(Down = "#3182bd", `Not Significant` = "grey60", Up = "#de2d26"),
  show_threshold_lines = TRUE,
  title = "Volcano Plot: Pathway Differential Abundance",
  x_lab = "log2 Fold Change",
  y_lab = "-log10(Adjusted P-value)"
)

Arguments

daa_results

A data frame containing differential abundance analysis results, typically from pathway_daa. Must contain columns for fold change, p-values, and optionally pathway names.

fc_col

Character string specifying the column name for log2 fold change values. Default is "log2_fold_change". Legacy name "log2FoldChange" is also accepted.

p_col

Character string specifying the column name for adjusted p-values. Default is "p_adjust".

label_col

Character string specifying the column name for pathway labels. Default is "pathway_name". If NULL, no labels will be shown.

fc_threshold

Numeric. Absolute fold change threshold for significance. Default is 1 (2-fold change). Pathways with |log2FC| > fc_threshold are considered biologically significant.

p_threshold

Numeric. P-value threshold for statistical significance. Default is 0.05.

label_top_n

Integer. Number of top significant pathways to label. Default is 10. Set to 0 to disable labels.

point_size

Numeric. Size of points in the plot. Default is 2.

point_alpha

Numeric. Transparency of points (0-1). Default is 0.6.

colors

Named character vector with colors for "Down", "Not Significant", and "Up". Default uses blue for down-regulated, grey for non-significant, and red for up-regulated.

show_threshold_lines

Logical. Whether to show dashed lines for fold change and p-value thresholds. Default is TRUE.

title

Character string for plot title. Default is "Volcano Plot: Pathway Differential Abundance".

x_lab

Character string for x-axis label. Default is "log2 Fold Change".

y_lab

Character string for y-axis label. Default is "-log10(Adjusted P-value)".

Details

The volcano plot is a scatter plot that shows statistical significance (y-axis) versus fold change (x-axis). Points are colored by significance:

The function automatically labels the top N most significant pathways using ggrepel::geom_text_repel() if the ggrepel package is installed.

Value

A ggplot2 object that can be further customized or saved.

See Also

pathway_daa, pathway_annotation, pathway_errorbar

Examples

## Not run: 
library(ggpicrust2)
library(tibble)

# Load example data
data("ko_abundance")
data("metadata")

# Convert KO to KEGG abundance
kegg_abundance <- ko2kegg_abundance(data = ko_abundance)

# Run differential abundance analysis
daa_results <- pathway_daa(
  abundance = kegg_abundance,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  daa_method = "LinDA"
)

# Annotate results
daa_annotated <- pathway_annotation(
  pathway = "KO",
  ko_to_kegg = TRUE,
  daa_results_df = daa_results
)

# Create volcano plot
volcano_plot <- pathway_volcano(daa_annotated)
print(volcano_plot)

# Customize the plot
volcano_plot <- pathway_volcano(
  daa_annotated,
  fc_threshold = 0.5,
  p_threshold = 0.01,
  label_top_n = 15,
  colors = c("Down" = "darkblue", "Not Significant" = "lightgrey", "Up" = "darkred")
)

## End(Not run)


Prepare gene sets for GSEA

Description

Prepare gene sets for GSEA

Usage

prepare_gene_sets(pathway_type = "KEGG", organism = "ko", go_category = "all")

Arguments

pathway_type

A character string specifying the pathway type: "KEGG", "MetaCyc", or "GO"

organism

A character string specifying the organism (only relevant for KEGG and GO)

go_category

A character string specifying the GO category to use. "all" (default) uses all categories. Valid values are determined by the reference data; see table(ko_to_go_reference$category).

Value

A list of pathway gene sets


Preview Color Theme

Description

Creates a visual preview of a color theme

Usage

preview_color_theme(theme_name = "default", save_plot = FALSE, filename = NULL)

Arguments

theme_name

Character string specifying the theme name

save_plot

Whether to save the preview plot

filename

Filename for saved plot

Value

A ggplot object showing the color preview


Require a column exists in a data frame

Description

Simple check that a single column exists. For checking multiple columns, use validate_dataframe() with required_cols parameter.

Usage

require_column(df, col, param_name = deparse(substitute(df)))

Arguments

df

Data frame to check

col

Column name to require

param_name

Name of the data frame parameter (for error message)

Value

Invisible TRUE if column exists, otherwise stops with error


Detect and Resolve Annotation Overlaps

Description

Detect and Resolve Annotation Overlaps

Usage

resolve_annotation_overlaps(labels, positions, min_distance = 1)

Arguments

labels

Character vector of labels

positions

Numeric vector of positions

min_distance

Minimum distance between labels

Value

Adjusted positions


Run fgsea using the recommended fgseaMultilevel method

Description

Run fgsea using the recommended fgseaMultilevel method

Usage

run_fgsea(ranked_list, gene_sets, min_size = 10, max_size = 500)

Arguments

ranked_list

A named vector of ranking statistics

gene_sets

A list of pathway gene sets

min_size

An integer specifying the minimum gene set size

max_size

An integer specifying the maximum gene set size

Value

A data frame of fgsea results


Run limma-based gene set analysis (camera/fry)

Description

This internal function implements limma's camera and fry methods for gene set enrichment analysis with support for covariates.

Usage

run_limma_gsea(
  abundance_mat,
  metadata,
  group,
  covariates = NULL,
  contrast = NULL,
  gene_sets,
  method = "camera",
  inter.gene.cor = 0.01,
  min_size = 5,
  max_size = 500,
  p.adjust.method = "BH"
)

Arguments

abundance_mat

A matrix of abundance data with features as rows and samples as columns

metadata

A data frame containing sample metadata

group

A character string specifying the grouping variable column name

covariates

A character vector of covariate column names (optional)

contrast

Contrast specification for multi-group comparisons (optional)

gene_sets

A named list of gene sets (pathway -> gene IDs)

method

Either "camera" or "fry"

inter.gene.cor

Inter-gene correlation for camera (default 0.01)

min_size

Minimum gene set size

max_size

Maximum gene set size

p.adjust.method

P-value adjustment method

Value

A data frame containing gene set analysis results


Safely Extract Elements from a List

Description

Safely extracts elements from a list, returning NA if the extraction fails

Usage

safe_extract(list, field, index = 1)

Arguments

list

A list object from which to extract elements

field

The name of the field to extract from the list

index

The index position to extract from the field. Default is 1

Value

The extracted element if successful, NA if extraction fails

Examples

# Create a sample list
my_list <- list(
  a = list(x = 1:3),
  b = list(y = 4:6)
)

# Extract existing element
safe_extract(my_list, "a", 1)

# Extract non-existing element (returns NA)
safe_extract(my_list, "c", 1)

Smart Color Selection

Description

Intelligently selects colors based on data characteristics

Usage

smart_color_selection(
  n_groups,
  has_pathway_class = FALSE,
  data_type = "abundance",
  accessibility_mode = FALSE
)

Arguments

n_groups

Number of groups in the data

has_pathway_class

Whether pathway class information is available

data_type

Type of data ("abundance", "pvalue", "foldchange")

accessibility_mode

Whether to use accessibility-friendly colors

Value

A list with suggested theme and colors


Validate DAA results data frame

Description

Validates that a DAA results data frame meets requirements for visualization functions (single method, single group pair).

Usage

validate_daa_results(
  daa_results_df,
  require_single_method = TRUE,
  require_single_group_pair = TRUE
)

Arguments

daa_results_df

Data frame containing DAA results

require_single_method

Logical. If TRUE, requires exactly one method

require_single_group_pair

Logical. If TRUE, requires exactly one group1/group2 pair

Value

Invisible TRUE if validation passes


Validate group sizes for statistical analysis

Description

This function checks group sizes and balance to ensure statistical reliability. Follows Linus principle: fail fast with clear reasons, don't hide problems.

Usage

validate_group_sizes(group_vector, group_name)

Arguments

group_vector

A factor vector with group assignments

group_name

A character string with the group variable name for error messages


Visualize GSEA results

Description

This function creates various visualizations for Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) results. It automatically detects whether pathway names are available (from gsea_pathway_annotation()) and uses them for better readability, falling back to pathway IDs if names are not available.

Usage

visualize_gsea(
  gsea_results,
  plot_type = "enrichment_plot",
  n_pathways = 20,
  sort_by = "p.adjust",
  colors = NULL,
  abundance = NULL,
  metadata = NULL,
  group = NULL,
  network_params = list(),
  heatmap_params = list(),
  pathway_label_column = NULL,
  scale = NULL
)

Arguments

gsea_results

A data frame containing GSEA results from the pathway_gsea function

plot_type

A character string specifying the visualization type: "enrichment_plot", "dotplot", "barplot", "network", or "heatmap"

n_pathways

An integer specifying the number of pathways to display

sort_by

A character string specifying the sorting criterion: "NES", "pvalue", or "p.adjust"

colors

A vector of colors for the visualization

abundance

A data frame containing the original abundance data (required for heatmap visualization)

metadata

A data frame containing sample metadata (required for heatmap visualization)

group

A character string specifying the column name in metadata that contains the grouping variable (required for heatmap visualization)

network_params

A list of parameters for network visualization

heatmap_params

A list of parameters for heatmap visualization

pathway_label_column

A character string specifying which column to use for pathway labels. If NULL (default), the function will automatically use 'pathway_name' if available, otherwise 'pathway_id'. This allows for custom labeling when using annotated GSEA results.

scale

Optional palette/scale for customizing colors. Accepts: (1) a character vector of colors, (2) a function that returns colors given an integer (e.g., viridisLite::viridis), or (3) a ggplot2 scale object (e.g., ggplot2::scale_fill_gradientn(...)). When NULL, defaults keep current behavior. Applies to: enrichment_plot (fill, continuous), dotplot (color, continuous), barplot (fill, discrete Positive/Negative), network (color, diverging around 0), heatmap (main heatmap col; row annotation stays default unless overridden in heatmap_params).

Value

A ggplot2 object or ComplexHeatmap object

Examples

## Not run: 
# Load example data
data(ko_abundance)
data(metadata)

# Prepare abundance data
abundance_data <- as.data.frame(ko_abundance)
rownames(abundance_data) <- abundance_data[, "#NAME"]
abundance_data <- abundance_data[, -1]

# Run GSEA analysis (using camera method - recommended)
gsea_results <- pathway_gsea(
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment",
  pathway_type = "KEGG",
  method = "camera"
)

# Create enrichment plot with pathway IDs (default)
visualize_gsea(gsea_results, plot_type = "enrichment_plot", n_pathways = 10)

# Annotate results for better pathway names
annotated_results <- gsea_pathway_annotation(
  gsea_results = gsea_results,
  pathway_type = "KEGG"
)

# Create plots with readable pathway names
visualize_gsea(annotated_results, plot_type = "dotplot", n_pathways = 20)
visualize_gsea(annotated_results, plot_type = "barplot", n_pathways = 15)

# Create network plot with custom labels
visualize_gsea(annotated_results, plot_type = "network", n_pathways = 15)

# Use custom column for labels (if available)
visualize_gsea(annotated_results, plot_type = "barplot",
               pathway_label_column = "pathway_name", n_pathways = 10)

# Create heatmap
visualize_gsea(
  annotated_results,
  plot_type = "heatmap",
  n_pathways = 15,
  abundance = abundance_data,
  metadata = metadata,
  group = "Environment"
)

## End(Not run)