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ArticleiMeta2022

iNAP: An integrated network analysis pipeline for microbiome studies.

Kai Feng, Xi Peng, Zheng Zhang, Songsong Gu, Qing He, Wenli Shen, Zhujun Wang, Danrui Wang, Qiulong Hu, Yan Li and 2 more

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Article in iMeta, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Kai FengCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Xi PengCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Zheng ZhangInstitute for Marine Science and Technology Shandong University Qingdao China.
Songsong GuCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Qing HeCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Wenli ShenInstitute for Marine Science and Technology Shandong University Qingdao China.
Zhujun WangCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Danrui WangCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Qiulong HuCollege of Horticulture Hunan Agricultural University Changsha China.
Yan LiWest China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Shang WangCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Ye DengCAS Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.ORCID 0000-0002-7584-0632

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrated network analysis pipeline (iNAP) is an online analysis pipeline for generating and analyzing comprehensive ecological networks in microbiome studies. It is implemented in two sections, that is, network construction and network analysis, and integrates many open-access tools. Network construction contains multiple feasible alternatives, including correlation-based approaches (Pearson's correlation and Spearman's rank correlation along with random matrix theory, and sparse correlations for compositional data) and conditional dependence-based methods (extended local similarity analysis and sparse inverse covariance estimation for ecological association inference), while network analysis provides topological structures at different levels and the potential effects of environmental factors on network structures. Considering the full workflow, from microbiome data set to network result, iNAP contains the molecular ecological network analysis pipeline and interdomain ecological network analysis pipeline (IDENAP), which correspond to the intradomain and interdomain associations of microbial species at multiple taxonomic levels. Here, we describe the detailed workflow by taking IDENAP as an example and show the comprehensive steps to assist researchers to conduct the relevant analyses using their own data sets. Afterwards, some auxiliary tools facilitating the pipeline are introduced to effectively aid in the switch from local analysis to online operations. Therefore, iNAP, as an easy-to-use platform that provides multiple network-associated tools and approaches, can enable researchers to better understand the organization of microbial communities. iNAP is available at http://mem.rcees.ac.cn:8081 with free registration.

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interactionmicrobial associationmicrobiomenetwork analyses

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PMID38868563
PMCPMC10989900

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