Table of Contents

Abstract
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
The Introduction, Chapter 1
1.1 General Statement
1.2 Need for this Study
1.3 Objectives
The Methods, Chapter 2
2.1 Identification of Microarray Studies
2.2 Running Data in GEO2R
2.3 Downloading and Collecting Data
2.4 Merging by p-values
The Results, Chapter 3
3.1 Gene List Evolution
The Discussion, Chapter 4
4.1 Genes of the Interferon Pathway
4.2 Our Ten Common Shared Autoimmune Genes
4.2 Limitations
The Conclusion, Chapter 5
References
Appendices
A. The Merge R Code, Appendix A
B. Additional Tables from Gene Lists, Appendix B
C. The Heatmap R Code, Appendix C
D. Additional Resources and Affymetrix data/studies used
E. Author Information/QR Code