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ReviewBioinformatics advances2026

Deep learning for regulatory genomics: a survey of models, challenges, and applications.

Fathima Nuzla Ismail, Abira Sengupta, Shanika Amarasoma

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Review in Bioinformatics advances, 2026. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Fathima Nuzla IsmailDepartment of Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-1478
Abira SenguptaSchool of Computing, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-3362
Shanika AmarasomaIndependent Researcher, AI & Advanced Analytics, Colombo 00900, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9509-0069

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research reviews recent advances in deep learning approaches tailored for regulatory genomics. It highlights how computational methods help decipher complex regulatory mechanisms within non-coding genomic regions across various tissues, emphasizing predictive applications such as transcription factor binding, chromatin accessibility, RNA processes, and RNA-protein interactions. The paper also discusses the evolution from traditional neural networks to advanced models like transformers and graph neural networks, considering three-dimensional genomic structures. Despite the promising performance, it acknowledges ongoing challenges like overfitting, biological variability, and limited dataset diversity. It emphasizes the urgent need for continued development of interpretable deep learning models to improve functional genomic annotation, underlining this task's significance in the genomics field.

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PMID41768279
PMCPMC12947584

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