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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2021

Correlation AnalyzeR: functional predictions from gene co-expression correlations.

Henry E Miller, Alexander J R Bishop

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Henry E MillerGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health At San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA. millerh1@livemail.uthscsa.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3756-3918
Alexander J R BishopGreehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health At San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE---COREP30CA054174 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Robin Jean Leach · 1991 to 2026
$59.1M
Dysregulated transcription processes in Ewing sarcoma:R01CA241554 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI BISHOP, ALEXANDER JAMES · 2020 to 2025
$2.3M
Improving etoposide treatment of Ewing's sarcomaR01CA152063 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI BISHOP, ALEXANDER JAMES · 2011 to 2015
$1.5M
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RP150445Greehey Family Foundation Greehey Graduate Fellowship 2021NCI NIH HHS P30 CA054174NCI NIH HHS R01 CA152063NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241554NIH HHS 1R01CA241554NIH HHS P30CA054174NIH HHS R01CA152063
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Abstract

backgroundCo-expression correlations provide the ability to predict gene functionality within specific biological contexts, such as different tissue and disease conditions. However, current gene co-expression databases generally do not consider biological context. In addition, these tools often implement a limited range of unsophisticated analysis approaches, diminishing their utility for exploring gene functionality and gene relationships. Furthermore, they typically do not provide the summary visualizations necessary to communicate these results, posing a significant barrier to their utilization by biologists without computational skills.

resultsWe present Correlation AnalyzeR, a user-friendly web interface for exploring co-expression correlations and predicting gene functions, gene-gene relationships, and gene set topology. Correlation AnalyzeR provides flexible access to its database of tissue and disease-specific (cancer vs normal) genome-wide co-expression correlations, and it also implements a suite of sophisticated computational tools for generating functional predictions with user-friendly visualizations. In the usage example provided here, we explore the role of BRCA1-NRF2 interplay in the context of bone cancer, demonstrating how Correlation AnalyzeR can be effectively implemented to generate and support novel hypotheses.

conclusionsCorrelation AnalyzeR facilitates the exploration of poorly characterized genes and gene relationships to reveal novel biological insights. The database and all analysis methods can be accessed as a web application at https://gccri.bishop-lab.uthscsa.edu/correlation-analyzer/ and as a standalone R package at https://github.com/Bishop-Laboratory/correlationAnalyzeR .

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Gene Expression ProfilingSoftwareComputational BiologyDatabases, FactualGene ExpressionPhenotypeCo-expressionData miningGene correlationGene functionRNA-SeqR shinySystems biologyWeb application

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PMID33879054
PMCPMC8056587

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