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ArticlePeerJ. Computer science2017

Finding melanoma drugs through a probabilistic knowledge graph.

Jamie Patricia McCusker, Michel Dumontier, Rui Yan, Sylvia He, Jonathan S Dordick, Deborah L McGuinness

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Article in PeerJ. Computer science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jamie Patricia McCuskerDepartment of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1085-6059
Michel DumontierStanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4727-9435
Rui YanDepartment of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
Sylvia HeDepartment of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
Jonathan S DordickDepartment of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
Deborah L McGuinnessDepartment of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic cutaneous melanoma is an aggressive skin cancer with some progression-slowing treatments but no known cure. The omics data explosion has created many possible drug candidates; however, filtering criteria remain challenging, and systems biology approaches have become fragmented with many disconnected databases. Using drug, protein and disease interactions, we built an evidence-weighted knowledge graph of integrated interactions. Our knowledge graph-based system, ReDrugS, can be used via an application programming interface or web interface, and has generated 25 high-quality melanoma drug candidates. We show that probabilistic analysis of systems biology graphs increases drug candidate quality compared to non-probabilistic methods. Four of the 25 candidates are novel therapies, three of which have been tested with other cancers. All other candidates have current or completed clinical trials, or have been studied in in vivo or in vitro. This approach can be used to identify candidate therapies for use in research or personalized medicine.

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Drug repositioningKnowledge graphsMelanomaUncertainty reasoning

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PMID37133296
PMCPMC10151034

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