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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2025

Uncovering latent biological function associations through gene set embeddings.

Yuhang Huang, Fan Zhong, Lei Liu

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yuhang HuangInstitutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, 131 Dongan Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Fan ZhongIntelligent Medicine Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China. zonefan@163.com.
Lei LiuIntelligent Medicine Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2024YFA1307702Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan in Computational Biology 24JS2840200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe complexity of biological systems has increasingly been unraveled through computational methods, with biological network analysis now focusing on the construction and exploration of well-defined interaction networks. Traditional graph-theoretical approaches have been instrumental in mapping key biological processes using high-confidence interaction data. However, these methods often struggle with incomplete or/and heterogeneous datasets. In this study, we extend beyond conventional bipartite models by integrating attribute-driven knowledge from the Molecular Signatures Database (MSigDB) using the node2vec algorithm.

resultsOur approach explores unsupervised biological relationships and uncovers potential associations between genes and biological terms through network connectivity analysis. By embedding both human and mouse data into a shared vector space, we validate our findings cross-species, further strengthening the robustness of our method.

conclusionsThis integrative framework reveals both expected and novel biological insights, offering a comprehensive perspective that complements traditional biological network analysis and paves the way for deeper understanding of complex biological processes and diseases.

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Computational BiologyGene Regulatory NetworksAlgorithmsAnimalsDatabases, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingHumansMiceBiological network analysisCross-species analysisGene-term associationsMSigDBNetwork embedding

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PMID40128671
PMCPMC11934463

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