Figure 3

Stress response gene set is bi-directional during response to heat shock in C2C12 cell. Distribution in stress response-related gene sets during response to heat shock of C2C12 myotubes. All probes representing the stress response gene set are presented as an expression ratio of time a against time b. Frequency (y-axis) represents the number of probes in each gene set with the corresponding expression ratio (x-axis). The statistical significance of the mean expression variance ratio for the gene set relative to all other probesets is indicated. Variance between 0 – 8 hours (A) and 8 – 24 hours (B) post-heat shock are depicted in the figure. Dotplot representations of GSEA as a function of C2C12 response to heat shock is also presented. The x-axis of each plot represents expression levels at time a, and the y-axis represents expression at time b. Each dot represents a single probe on the GeneChip. The total probe set (grey dots) and the specific gene set (blue dots) are presented on the same plot to give direct perspective of gene set regulation. The stress response probe set is represented by 122 gene probes, previously annotated as related to the stress response. The list is attached in Additional file 1.