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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2026

Building a credibility-based framework for target discovery: Perspectives from tRNA synthetase-linked metabolic diseases.

Jaeyoung Choi, Ina Yoon, YounSung Jung, SeanKyo Han, EunHee Kang, TaeJin Ahn, Sunghoon Kim

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Jaeyoung ChoiInstitute for Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Research, Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon 21983, Republic of Korea.
Ina YoonDepartment of Pharmacy and Yonsei Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon 21983, Republic of Korea.
YounSung JungDepartment of Advanced Convergence, Graduate School, Handong Global University, Pohang 37554, Republic of Korea.
SeanKyo HanDepartment of Advanced Convergence, Graduate School, Handong Global University, Pohang 37554, Republic of Korea.
EunHee KangDepartment of Advanced Convergence, Graduate School, Handong Global University, Pohang 37554, Republic of Korea.
TaeJin AhnDepartment of Life Science, Handong Global University, Pohang 37554, Republic of Korea.
Sunghoon KimInstitute for Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical Research, Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon 21983, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1570-3230

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Global Learning and Academic Research Institution for Master'sKorea Institute for Advancement of TechnologyMinistry of Education RS-2024-00442483Ministry of SMEs and StartupsMinistry of Trade, Industry and Energy RS-2024-00418203National Research Foundation of KoreaNational Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2021R1A3B1076605National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2021R1C1C10133,32National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2026-25498878Scale-up TIPS Program RS-2025-25467058
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Abstract

While target identification is essential for successful drug discovery, no systematic workflow exists to prioritize potential targets for a given indication. Therefore, this study aims to develop an information-based approach combining text mining, network analysis, and centrality-based prioritization. As a case study, we applied this workflow to identify metabolic disease targets potentially linked to aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs). From 1,407,654 PubMed articles, potential ARS interactors and their disease associations were mined. Using these data, the ARS interactor-disease networks were constructed based on edge frequency and citation count. To assess the reliability of these linkages, we used five centrality indices with novel visualization tools and identified 94 high-credibility disease-associated ARS interactors. Among them, two targets (ESR1 and APP) were selected for experimental validation. Although demonstrated in ARS-mediated metabolic diseases, this approach can be similarly used to identify disease-associated factors with credibility scores within any target space of interest.

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Amino Acyl-tRNA SynthetasesDrug DiscoveryMetabolic DiseasesComputational BiologyData MiningHumansAmino Acyl-tRNA Synthetasesaminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs)network analysisnutritional and metabolic diseasestext miningtherapeutic targets

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