---
title: "_longevityTools_: Analysis Tools for Longevity Research"
author: "Authors: Thomas Girke, Danjuma Quarless, Tyler Backman, Kuan-Fu Ding, Jamison McCorrison, Nik Schork, Dan Evans"
date: "Last update: `r format(Sys.time(), '%d %B, %Y')`"
package: "`r pkg_ver('longevityTools')`"
output:
BiocStyle::html_document:
toc: true
toc_depth: 3
fig_caption: yes
fontsize: 14pt
bibliography: bibtex.bib
---
```{r style, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
BiocStyle::markdown()
options(width=100, max.print=1000)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
eval=as.logical(Sys.getenv("KNITR_EVAL", "TRUE")),
cache=as.logical(Sys.getenv("KNITR_CACHE", "TRUE")))
```
```{r setup, echo=FALSE, messages=FALSE, warnings=FALSE}
suppressPackageStartupMessages({
library(longevityTools)
library(ggplot2) })
```
# Introduction
This vignette is part of the NIA funded Longevity Genomics project. For more information on this project please visit its
website [here](http://www.longevitygenomics.org/projects/). The GitHub repository of the corresponding R package
is available here and the most recent version of this
vignette can be found here.
This overview tutorial provides general information about the `longevityTools` package.
This includes an introduction into the objects, data structures, methods and
functions defined by `longevityTools`. The development of `longevityTools` is part of the
[Longevity Genomics](http://www.longevitygenomics.org/) project.
The analysis workflows used by this project are documented in its companion vignettes listed below.
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# Getting Started
## Installation
The R software for running [_`longevityTools`_](https://github.com/tgirke/longevityTools) can be downloaded from [_CRAN_](http://cran.at.r-project.org/). The _`longevityTools`_ package can be installed from the R console using the following _`biocLite`_ install command.
```{r install, eval=FALSE}
source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") # Sources the biocLite.R installation script
biocLite("tgirke/longevityTools", build_vignettes=FALSE) # Installs package from GitHub
```
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## Loading package and documentation
```{r documentation, eval=FALSE}
library("longevityTools") # Loads the package
library(help="longevityTools") # Lists package info
vignette("longevityTools") # Opens vignette
```
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# Overview of object clases, methods and functions
To be continued... [@Lamb2006-uv; @Peters2015-fc; @Sood2015-pb].
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# Workflow vignettes
Currently, this package includes the following analysis workflow vignettes:
* [longevityTools](https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/tgirke/longevityTools/blob/master/vignettes/longevityTools.html): overview vignette
* [longevityTools_eQTL](https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/tgirke/longevityTools/blob/master/vignettes/longevityTools_eQTL.html): eQTL, eSNP and GWAS analysis
* [longevityTools_eDRUG](https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/tgirke/longevityTools/blob/master/vignettes/longevityTools_eDRUG.html): connecting drug- and age-related gene expression signatures
* longevityTools_Drugs: coming soon
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# Funding
This project is funded by NIH grant U24AG051129 awarded by the National Intitute on Aging (NIA).
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# Version information
```{r sessionInfo}
sessionInfo()
```
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# References