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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2021

CoExp: A Web Tool for the Exploitation of Co-expression Networks.

Sonia García-Ruiz, Ana L Gil-Martínez, Alejandro Cisterna, Federico Jurado-Ruiz, Regina H Reynolds, NABEC (North America Brain Expression Consortium), Mark R Cookson, John Hardy, Mina Ryten, Juan A Botía

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Sonia García-RuizInstitute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Ana L Gil-MartínezInstitute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Alejandro CisternaDepartamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Federico Jurado-RuizDepartamento de Ingeniería de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Regina H ReynoldsInstitute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
NABEC (North America Brain Expression Consortium)
Mark R CooksonLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
John HardyDepartment of Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom.
Mina RytenInstitute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Juan A BotíaDepartment of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Great Ormond Street Hospital · GBUniversidad de Murcia · ESHong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Gene expression in the human brainZIAAG000947 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI COOKSON, MARK · 2009 to 2025
$7.2M
Medical Research Council G0701075Medical Research Council G0901254Medical Research Council G1001253Medical Research Council MR/J004758/1Medical Research Council MR/K01417X/1Medical Research Council MR/L501542/1Medical Research Council MR/N008324/1Medical Research Council MR/N026004/1Parkinson's UK G-0907Parkinson's UK G-1307Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene co-expression networks are a powerful type of analysis to construct gene groupings based on transcriptomic profiling. Co-expression networks make it possible to discover modules of genes whose mRNA levels are highly correlated across samples. Subsequent annotation of modules often reveals biological functions and/or evidence of cellular specificity for cell types implicated in the tissue being studied. There are multiple ways to perform such analyses with weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) amongst one of the most widely used R packages. While managing a few network models can be done manually, it is often more advantageous to study a wider set of models derived from multiple independently generated transcriptomic data sets (e.g., multiple networks built from many transcriptomic sources). However, there is no software tool available that allows this to be easily achieved. Furthermore, the visual nature of co-expression networks in combination with the coding skills required to explore networks, makes the construction of a web-based platform for their management highly desirable. Here, we present the CoExp Web application, a user-friendly online tool that allows the exploitation of the full collection of 109 co-expression networks provided by the CoExpNets suite of R packages. We describe the usage of CoExp, including its contents and the functionality available through the family of CoExpNets packages. All the tools presented, including the web front- and back-ends are available for the research community so any research group can build its own suite of networks and make them accessible through their own CoExp Web application. Therefore, this paper is of interest to both researchers wishing to annotate their genes of interest across different brain network models and specialists interested in the creation of GCNs looking for a tool to appropriately manage, use, publish, and share their networks in a consistent and productive manner.

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brainco-expression networkguilt by associationtranscriptomicsweb app for neuroscience

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PMID33719340
PMCPMC7943635
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