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ReviewJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2025

Enhancing Molecular Network-Based Cancer Driver Gene Prediction Using Machine Learning Approaches: Current Challenges and Opportunities.

Hao Zhang, Chaohuan Lin, Ying'ao Chen, Xianrui Shen, Ruizhe Wang, Yiqi Chen, Jie Lyu

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Review in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Hao ZhangPostgraduate Training Base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Chaohuan LinPostgraduate Training Base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Ying'ao ChenWenzhou Key Laboratory of Biophysics, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xianrui ShenWenzhou Longwan High School, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Ruizhe WangWenzhou Longwan High School, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yiqi ChenWenzhou Longwan High School, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jie LyuPostgraduate Training Base Alliance of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6530-5257

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32170665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a complex disease driven by mutations in the genes that play critical roles in cellular processes. The identification of cancer driver genes is crucial for understanding tumorigenesis, developing targeted therapies and identifying rational drug targets. Experimental identification and validation of cancer driver genes are time-consuming and costly. Studies have demonstrated that interactions among genes are associated with similar phenotypes. Therefore, identifying cancer driver genes using molecular network-based approaches is necessary. Molecular network-based random walk-based approaches, which integrate mutation data with protein-protein interaction networks, have been widely employed in predicting cancer driver genes and demonstrated robust predictive potential. However, recent advancements in deep learning, particularly graph-based models, have provided novel opportunities for enhancing the prediction of cancer driver genes. This review aimed to comprehensively explore how machine learning methodologies, particularly network propagation, graph neural networks, autoencoders, graph embeddings, and attention mechanisms, improve the scalability and interpretability of molecular network-based cancer gene prediction.

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Computational BiologyGene Regulatory NetworksMachine LearningNeoplasmsOncogenesHumansMutationNeural Networks, ComputerProtein Interaction Mapscancer driver genedeep learninggraph neural networkmachine learningprotein–protein interactionrandom walk

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PMID39804102
PMCPMC11726689

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