MSigDB Get Geneset
Retrieve a specific gene set from MSigDB (Molecular Signatures Database) by its exact name. MSigDB is the definitive database for gene sets used in Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA), containing 33,000+ gene sets organized into 9 major collections: H (hallmark), C1 (positional), C2 (curated pathways from KEGG/Reactome/BioCarta/WikiPathways), C3 (regulatory motifs), C4 (computational cancer), C5 (Gene Ontology), C6 (oncogenic signatures), C7 (immunologic signatures), C8 (cell type signatures).…
Overview
Retrieve a specific gene set from MSigDB (Molecular Signatures Database) by its exact name. MSigDB is the definitive database for gene sets used in Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA), containing 33,000+ gene sets organized into 9 major collections: H (hallmark), C1 (positional), C2 (curated pathways from KEGG/Reactome/BioCarta/WikiPathways), C3 (regulatory motifs), C4 (computational cancer), C5 (Gene Ontology), C6 (oncogenic signatures), C7 (immunologic signatures), C8 (cell type signatures). Returns the gene symbols in the set, systematic name, PMID, collection, and URLs.
Status
The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.
- Last probed
- 1d ago
- Last success
- 1d ago
- Last latency
- 93ms
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
{
"properties": {
"geneSetName": {
"description": "Exact MSigDB gene set name (case-sensitive). Examples: 'HALLMARK_APOPTOSIS', 'KEGG_P53_SIGNALING_PATHWAY', 'GOBP_APOPTOTIC_PROCESS', 'HALLMARK_HYPOXIA', 'KRAS.LUNG_UP.V1_UP'. Find names at https://www.gsea-msigdb.org/gsea/msigdb/",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"geneSetName"
],
"type": "object"
}Examples (1)
Default MSigDB Get Geneset call
{
"geneSetName": "BRCA1"
}Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_MSigDB_get_geneset
- Tool name
- MSigDB_get_geneset
- Added
- 2026-04-30 22:47Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse