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ReviewYearbook of medical informatics2023

Advancing Biomedicine with Graph Representation Learning: Recent Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions.

Fang Li, Yi Nian, Zenan Sun, Cui Tao

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Review in Yearbook of medical informatics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Informatics for One Health.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Fang LiMcWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Yi NianMcWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Zenan SunMcWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Cui TaoMcWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

Funding

Dynamic learning for post-vaccine event prediction using temporal information in VAERSR01AI130460 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CHEN, YONG, TAO, CUI · 2017 to 2021
$3.4M
Facilitate Observational Studies of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias Using Ontology and Natural Language ProcessingRF1AG072799 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, HONGFANG, TAO, CUI · 2021 to 2021
$2.4M
Facilitate Observational Studies of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias Using Ontology and Natural Language ProcessingR01AG072799 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HONGFANG LIU, Cui Tao · 2025 to 2026
$1.7M
CICADA: clinical informatics and computational approaches for drug-repositioning of AD/ADRDR56AG074604 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHEN, YONG, TAO, CUI · 2021 to 2022
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130460NIA NIH HHS R01 AG072799NIA NIH HHS R56 AG074604NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG072799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesGraph representation learning (GRL) has emerged as a pivotal field that has contributed significantly to breakthroughs in various fields, including biomedicine. The objective of this survey is to review the latest advancements in GRL methods and their applications in the biomedical field. We also highlight key challenges currently faced by GRL and outline potential directions for future research.

methodsWe conducted a comprehensive search of multiple databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore, and Google Scholar, to collect relevant publications from the past two years (2021-2022). The studies selected for review were based on their relevance to the topic and the publication quality.

resultsA total of 78 articles were included in our analysis. We identified three main categories of GRL methods and summarized their methodological foundations and notable models. In terms of GRL applications, we focused on two main topics: drug and disease. We analyzed the study frameworks and achievements of the prominent research. Based on the current state-of-the-art, we discussed the challenges and future directions.

conclusionsGRL methods applied in the biomedical field demonstrated several key characteristics, including the utilization of attention mechanisms to prioritize relevant features, a growing emphasis on model interpretability, and the combination of various techniques to improve model performance. There are also challenges needed to be addressed, including mitigating model bias, accommodating the heterogeneity of large-scale knowledge graphs, and improving the availability of high-quality graph data. To fully leverage the potential of GRL, future efforts should prioritize these areas of research.

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