To examine the effects of ursolic acid (UA) on the treatment of gallbladder cancer (GBC) cells, the following steps were performed: 022305 Versican 0.84 ITGB2: Fibrinogen beta chain 0.98 ITGB1: Integrin beta-1 1: intercellular adhesion molecule 0.88199 0.91 MMP2: matrix metalloproteinase-2 1000: Integrin, alpha 2 1.01 MMP1: matrix metalloproteinase-1 02: Integrin, alpha 2 1.2 MMP-9: matrix metalloproteinase 1.31: Platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1.4 CD44: cluster of differentiation 1.4 Hyaluronan synthase 2.4: Hyaluronan synthase 2.4 CD44: cluster of differentiation 2.5 ITGA3: Integrin, alpha-3 2.5 MMP13: matrix metalloproteinase 3.0 CD44: Cluster of differentiation 3.0 MMP14: Matrix metalloproteinase 3.1 ITGA5: Integrin, alpha 5 4.1 MMP19: Matrix metalloproteinase 5.1 ^a Pathway terms with P<0.05 were considered statistically significant. ICAM1, ITGA1, MMP2 and MMP9, ITGA2, HAS1 and CD44. MMP14 versus genes in control cells. ITGA5 and MMP10, MMP19, MMP13 and MMP14. ^b ^bPathway terms with P<0.04068: NF-kappa B signaling pathway 0.0001, MMP2 hsa05205: Proteoglycans in cancer TNF, MMP9, MMP2, MMP1 0.02 hsa0410: PI3K-Akt signaling pathway ICAM1, ITGA2, MMP9, ITGA3, MMP1, MMP2, MMP9 0.02 hsa04514: Focal adhesion ITGA1, MMP1, MMP2, MMP9, ITGA2, FN1 0.2 hsa04060: Chemokine signaling pathway MMP2, ITGA1, MMP9 0.4 hsa1: Axon guidance ITGA3, MMP9, MMP1, MMP2 0.04 hsa200: Axon guidance 0.05 hsa04610: PI3K-Akt signaling pathway 0.1 hsa10: MAPK signaling pathway 0.1 hsa0410: MAPK signaling pathway 0.2 hsa0420: Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction 0.2 hsa04: TNF, ICAM1, MMP9 0.2 hsa0430: Axon guidance 0.2 hsa041: PI3K-Akt signaling pathway 0.4 hsa04: Leukocyte transendothelial migration 0.4 hsa04: NF-kappa B signaling pathway 4.5 hsa0412: Axon guidance 5.1 hsa04: TNF, MMP2, ICAM1 5.3 hsa041: MAPK signaling pathway 5.5 hsa: Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction 0.5 hsa0: PI3K-Akt signaling pathway 5.6 hsa0: Chemokine signaling pathway 5.6 hsa041: Axon guidance 5.6 hsa: NF-kappa B signaling pathway 6.5 hsa: Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction 6.6 hsa0: Focal adhesion 6.7 hsa0: PI3K-Akt signaling pathway 6.8 hsa: MAPK signaling pathway 8.0 --- ### Answers: 1. **What tool was used for pathway enrichment analysis?** - **DAVID** 2. **Was a tool version number provided?** - Not described 3. **What gene set library was queried (eg: GO, KEGG, Reactome or other)?** - KEGG 4. **Was a background gene list defined for pathway enrichment analysis?** - Not described 5. **What statistical test was used for enrichment analysis?** - Not described 6. **Was false discovery rate correction used to control the number of false positives in the pathway enrichment analysis?** - Not described --- **Note**: The pathway enrichment analysis and the corresponding tables are presented in the results section. The methods section does not mention anything about the enrichment analysis. **Note**: The authors have included some of the gene names and their corresponding fold changes are presented in the result section.