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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

signatureSearch: environment for gene expression signature searching and functional interpretation.

Yuzhu Duan, Daniel S Evans, Richard A Miller, Nicholas J Schork, Steven R Cummings, Thomas Girke

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Yuzhu DuanInstitute for Integrative Genome Biology, 1207F Genomics Building, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Daniel S EvansCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, 550 16th Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Richard A MillerDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Nicholas J SchorkDepartment of Quantitative Medicine and Systems Biology, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, 445 N. Fifth Street Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
Steven R CummingsCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, 550 16th Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Thomas GirkeInstitute for Integrative Genome Biology, 1207F Genomics Building, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.

Funding

Systems BiologyU19AG023122 · NIA · TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INST · PI RICHARD A MILLER · 2004 to 2026
$102.6M
Integrative Resource to Develop Translational Strategies to Promote LongevityU24AG051129 · NIA · CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MED CTR RES INSTITUTE · PI CUMMINGS, STEVEN RON, EVANS, DANIEL SPENCER · 2015 to 2019
$5.3M
Integrative Omics to enhance therapeutics development for healthy agingUH2AG064706 · NIA · TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INST · PI MILLER, RICHARD A, SCHORK, NICHOLAS JOSEPH · 2019 to 2020
$1.4M
Acquisition of a Scalable Storage Cluster for Data Intensive NIH ResearchS10OD016290 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI GIRKE, THOMAS · 2014 to 2014
$593k
NIA NIH HHS U19 AG023122NIA NIH HHS U24 AG051129NIA NIH HHS UH2 AG064706NIH HHS S10 OD016290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

signatureSearch is an R/Bioconductor package that integrates a suite of existing and novel algorithms into an analysis environment for gene expression signature (GES) searching combined with functional enrichment analysis (FEA) and visualization methods to facilitate the interpretation of the search results. In a typical GES search (GESS), a query GES is searched against a database of GESs obtained from large numbers of measurements, such as different genetic backgrounds, disease states and drug perturbations. Database matches sharing correlated signatures with the query indicate related cellular responses frequently governed by connected mechanisms, such as drugs mimicking the expression responses of a disease. To identify which processes are predominantly modulated in the GESS results, we developed specialized FEA methods combined with drug-target network visualization tools. The provided analysis tools are useful for studying the effects of genetic, chemical and environmental perturbations on biological systems, as well as searching single cell GES databases to identify novel network connections or cell types. The signatureSearch software is unique in that it provides access to an integrated environment for GESS/FEA routines that includes several novel search and enrichment methods, efficient data structures, and access to pre-built GES databases, and allowing users to work with custom databases.

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PMID33068417
PMCPMC7708038

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