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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2022

Network analytics for drug repurposing in COVID-19.

Nicoleta Siminea, Victor Popescu, Jose Angel Sanchez Martin, Daniela Florea, Georgiana Gavril, Ana-Maria Gheorghe, Corina Iţcuş, Krishna Kanhaiya, Octavian Pacioglu, Laura Lona Popa and 7 more

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Nicoleta SimineaFaculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, ICUB, University of Bucharest, Romania and Department of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9956-1718
Victor PopescuDepartment of Information Technologies, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4420-450X
Jose Angel Sanchez MartinDepartamento de Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3714-8925
Daniela FloreaDepartment of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4891-5552
Georgiana GavrilDepartment of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8208-2251
Ana-Maria GheorgheDepartment of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7193-7085
Corina IţcuşDepartment of Arctic and Antarctic Research, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania and Romanian Young Academy, University of Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2298-8550
Krishna KanhaiyaDepartment of Information Technologies, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0321-5248
Octavian PaciogluDepartment of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2233-2308
Laura Lona PopaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania and Department of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6446-737X
Romica TrandafirDepartment of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, and Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3185-3324
Maria Iris TusaDepartment of Arctic and Antarctic Research, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3078-4147
Manuela SidoroffDepartment of Arctic and Antarctic Research, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8740-3803
Mihaela PăunDepartment of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania, and Faculty of Administration and Business, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest-ICUB, University of Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3342-9140
Eugen CzeizlerDepartment of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1607-1554
Andrei PăunFaculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, ICUB, University of Bucharest, Romania, and Department of Bioinformatics, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1644-8198
Ion PetreDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland and National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, 296 Independenţei Bd. District 6, 060031 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5014-5529

Funding

Ministry of Education PNIII-P2-2.1-PED-2019-2391
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To better understand the potential of drug repurposing in COVID-19, we analyzed control strategies over essential host factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection. We constructed comprehensive directed protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks integrating the top-ranked host factors, the drug target proteins and directed PPI data. We analyzed the networks to identify drug targets and combinations thereof that offer efficient control over the host factors. We validated our findings against clinical studies data and bioinformatics studies. Our method offers a new insight into the molecular details of the disease and into potentially new therapy targets for it. Our approach for drug repurposing is significant beyond COVID-19 and may be applied also to other diseases.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsComputational BiologyCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug RepositioningProtein Interaction MapsSARS-CoV-2HumansAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19drug repurposinghost factorsnetwork biologynetwork controllability

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PMID34864885
PMCPMC8690228

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