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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2018

A semantics-oriented computational approach to investigate microRNA regulation on glucocorticoid resistance in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Huiqin Chen, Dihua Zhang, Guoping Zhang, Xiaofeng Li, Ying Liang, Mohan Vamsi Kasukurthi, Shengyu Li, Glen M Borchert, Jingshan Huang

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Article in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Huiqin ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Dihua ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guoping ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Xiaofeng LiDepartment of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Ying LiangDepartment of Pediatrics, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Mohan Vamsi KasukurthiSchool of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36688, USA.
Shengyu LiSchool of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36688, USA.
Glen M BorchertCollege of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36688, USA.
Jingshan HuangSchool of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36688, USA. huang@southalabama.edu.
University of South Alabama · USSun Yat-sen University · CNFuzhou University · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CNYue Bei People's Hospital · CN

Funding

OmniSearch: A semantic search tool for discovering microRNAs' critical roles in hU01CA180982 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI HUANG, JINGSHAN · 2014 to 2016
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NCI NIH HHS U01 CA180982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most prevalent neoplasia among children. Despite the tremendous achievements of state-of-the-art treatment strategies, drug resistance is still a major cause of chemotherapy failure leading to relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The underlying mechanisms of such phenomenon are not yet clear and subject to further exploration. Prior research has shown that microRNAs can act as post-transcriptional regulators of many genes related to drug resistance. However, details of microRNA regulation mechanisms in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia are far from completely understood.

methodsWe utilized a computational approach based upon emerging biomedical and biological ontologies and semantic technologies to investigate the important roles of microRNA: mRNA regulation on glucocorticoid resistance in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In particular, various filtering mechanisms were designed based on the user-provided MeSH term to narrow down the most promising microRNAs in an effective manner.

resultsDuring our manual search on background literature, we found a total of 18 candidate microRNAs that possibly regulate glucocorticoid resistance in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After the first-round filtering using the Broader-Match option where both the user-provided MeSH term and its direct parent term were utilized, the number of targets for 18 microRNAs was reduced from 232 to 74. During the second-round filtering with the Exact-Match option where only the MeSH term itself was utilized, the number of targets was further reduced to 19. Finally, we conducted semantic searches in the OmniSearch software tool on the five likely regulating microRNAs and identified two most likely microRNAs.

conclusionsWe successfully identified two microRNAs, hsa-miR-142-3p and hsa-miR-17-5p, which are computationally predicted to closely relate to glucocorticoid resistance, thus potentially serving as novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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SemanticsChildChild, PreschoolGlucocorticoidsHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalMaleMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsMicroRNAsPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReceptors, GlucocorticoidGlucocorticoidsMicroRNAsReceptors, GlucocorticoidAcute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)Biomedical and biological ontology (bio-ontology)Drug resistanceGlucocorticoids (GC)microRNA (miRNA or miR)miRNA targetSemantic integrationSemantic search

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