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If you get a weak result after evaluating with the above methods, what
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can you do to improve your results?
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1) Refine the datasets - perhaps you notice that the all-dataset search
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1) **Refining the datasets** - perhaps you notice that the all-dataset search
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mode does not work very well for your query. In this case, try refining
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to a tissue or disease of interest. (Note that Quick Refine is available
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for most of the common selected tissues).
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to a tissue or disease of interest.
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You prefer the wide-reach of all-dataset mode but still wish to refine
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by cancer or noncancer. The solution would be to refine by cancer or
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non-cancer datasets (highly general categories each contains over 2000
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datasets; we highly recommend these two categories).
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If you prefer a wide-reach similar to all-dataset mode but still wished
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to refine for instance by cancer the solution would be to refine by cancer
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datasets (a highly general category with over 3000 datasets). The number
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of datasets is listed next to each entry in the `Dataset filter`.
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You don't know which tissue to refine to, because you don't know which tissues they are expressed in. We suggest using multi-tissue profiling search mode (in Quick Refine or Refine Search) to first check which tissue your query is expressed (this works for both single gene and multi-gene query).
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If you don't know which tissue to refine to, because you don't know which
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tissues they are expressed in. We suggest running the query without
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selecting any tissues. The resulting top genes
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tissue your query is expressed (this works for both single gene and
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multi-gene query).
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You reviewed the top ranked datasets and found some interesting datasets. You can maually select individual datasets to interogate with the Refine Search.
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2) **Refining the query**
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2) Refine the query
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Small query - (<3 genes). Small query sometimes
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may not allow SEEK to accurately prioritize datasets. In this case,
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**Small query** - (<3 genes). Small queries may sometimes
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not allow SEEK to accurately prioritize datasets. In this case,
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we suggest expanding your query with functionally related genes (such
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as those that physically interact with the query). This may improve the
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result. Use STRING, IMP to get these genes. Along this line, another
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popular approach is to add tissue or disease specific genes to your query
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with the help of multi-tissue profiling search mode in SEEK.
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result. Use **STRING**, **IMP** to get these genes. Along this line, another
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popular approach is to add tissue or disease specific genes to your query.
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Large query - use visualization based evaluation discussed above to
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**Large query** - use visualization based evaluation discussed above to
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filter your query to a coexpressed subset.
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