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ArticleBioinformatics advances2025

xOmicsShiny: an R Shiny application for cross-omics data analysis and pathway mapping.

Benbo Gao, Yu H Sun, Xinmin Zhang, Tinchi Lin, Wei Li, Romi Admanit, Baohong Zhang

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Article in Bioinformatics advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Benbo GaoResearch and Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4247-3706
Yu H SunResearch and Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-2898
Xinmin ZhangData Science, BioInfoRx Inc., Madison, WI 53719, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5584-2107
Tinchi LinResearch and Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5098-6902
Wei LiData Science, BioInfoRx Inc., Madison, WI 53719, United States.
Romi AdmanitResearch and Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
Baohong ZhangResearch and Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4735-4212

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Summary: We developed xOmicsShiny, a feature-rich R Shiny-powered application that enables biologists to fully explore omics datasets across experiments and data types, with an emphasis on uncovering biological insights at the pathway level. The data merging feature ensures flexible exploration of cross-omics data, such as transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics. The pathway mapping function covers a broad range of databases, including WikiPathways, Reactome, and KEGG pathways. In addition, xOmicsShiny offers several visualization options and analytical tasks for everyday omics data analysis, namely, PCA, Volcano plot, Venn Diagram, Heatmap, WGCNA, and advanced clustering analyses. The application employs customizable modules to perform various tasks, generating both interactive plots and publication-ready figures. This dynamic, modular design overcomes the issue of slow loading in R Shiny tools and allows it to be readily expanded by the research and developer community. Availability and implementation: The R Shiny application is publicly available at: http://xOmicsShiny.bxgenomics.com. Researchers can upload their own data to the server or use the preloaded demo dataset. The source code, under MIT license, is provided at https://github.com/interactivereport/xOmicsShiny for local installation. A full tutorial of the application is available at https://interactivereport.github.io/xOmicsShiny/tutorial/docs/index.html.

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