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ArticleBMC biology2025

iPiDA-LGE: a local and global graph ensemble learning framework for identifying piRNA-disease associations.

Hang Wei, Jialu Hou, Yumeng Liu, Alexey K Shaytan, Bin Liu, Hao Wu

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Hang WeiSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710126, China. weihang@xidian.edu.cn.
Jialu HouSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
Yumeng LiuCollege of Big Data and Internet, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518118, China.
Alexey K ShaytanDepartment of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
Bin LiuSMBU-MSU-BIT Joint Laboratory On Bioinformatics and Engineering Biology, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China. bliu@bliulab.net.
Hao WuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China. hwu@bliulab.net.

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Entrepreneurship Talent Project of Qin Chuang Yuan under Grant QCYRCXM2023-115National Natural Science Foundation of China 62372041, 62302359, 62302316Shenzhen Science and Technology Program RCBS20221008093227027Zhongguancun Academy 20240101
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Abstract

backgroundExploring piRNA-disease associations can help discover candidate diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Several computational methods have been presented for identifying associations between piRNAs and diseases. However, the existing methods encounter challenges such as over-smoothing in feature learning and overlooking specific local proximity relationships, resulting in limited representation of piRNA-disease pairs and insufficient detection of association patterns.

resultsIn this study, we propose a novel computational method called iPiDA-LGE for piRNA-disease association identification. iPiDA-LGE comprises two graph convolutional neural network modules based on local and global piRNA-disease graphs, aimed at capturing specific and general features of piRNA-disease pairs. Additionally, it integrates their refined and macroscopic inferences to derive the final prediction result.

conclusionsThe experimental results show that iPiDA-LGE effectively leverages the advantages of both local and global graph learning, thereby achieving more discriminative pair representation and superior predictive performance.

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Computational BiologyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseNeural Networks, ComputerRNA, Small InterferingEnsemble LearningHumansPiwi-Interacting RNAPiwi-Interacting RNARNA, Small InterferingGraph ensemble learningLocal context graphpiRNA-disease association identification

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