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ArticleNature cancer2025

Mapping the functional network of human cancer through machine learning and pan-cancer proteogenomics.

Zhiao Shi, Jonathan T Lei, John M Elizarraras, Bing Zhang

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Article in Nature cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Panorama: a database for the oncogenic evaluation of somatic mutations in pan-cancer.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zhiao Shi *Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Jonathan T Lei *Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
John M ElizarrarasLester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Bing ZhangLester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. bing.zhang@bcm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-2425

Funding

Translating Pediatric Cancer Proteogenomic Data into Biological and Clinical InsightsU24CA271076 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Bing Zhang · 2022 to 2026
$5.0M
iPGDAC, An Integrative Proteogenomic Data Analysis Center for CPTACU24CA210954 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ZHANG, BING · 2016 to 2020
$4.9M
Proteogenomics-driven therapeutic discovery in hepatocellular carcinomaR01CA245903 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ZHANG, BING · 2020 to 2024
$1.0M
Illuminating understudied druggable proteins using pan-cancer proteogenomics dataU01CA271247 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ZHANG, BING · 2022 to 2023
$955k
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas) RR160027NCI NIH HHS R01 CA245903NCI NIH HHS U01 CA271247NCI NIH HHS U24 CA210954NCI NIH HHS U24 CA271076U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) U24 CA210954, U24 CA271076, R01 CA245903, U01 CA271247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large-scale omics profiling has uncovered a vast array of somatic mutations and cancer-associated proteins, posing substantial challenges for their functional interpretation. Here we present a network-based approach centered on FunMap, a pan-cancer functional network constructed using supervised machine learning on extensive proteomics and RNA sequencing data from 1,194 individuals spanning 11 cancer types. Comprising 10,525 protein-coding genes, FunMap connects functionally associated genes with unprecedented precision, surpassing traditional protein-protein interaction maps. Network analysis identifies functional protein modules, reveals a hierarchical structure linked to cancer hallmarks and clinical phenotypes, provides deeper insights into established cancer drivers and predicts functions for understudied cancer-associated proteins. Additionally, applying graph-neural-network-based deep learning to FunMap uncovers drivers with low mutation frequency. This study establishes FunMap as a powerful and unbiased tool for interpreting somatic mutations and understudied proteins, with broad implications for advancing cancer biology and informing therapeutic strategies.

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Machine LearningNeoplasmsProteogenomicsGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMutationNeural Networks, ComputerProtein Interaction MapsProteomics

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PMID39663389
PMCPMC12036749

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