Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Jan. 8, 2025
Abstract
Post-translational
modifications
(PTMs)
play
pivotal
roles
in
regulating
cellular
signaling,
fine-tuning
protein
function,
and
orchestrating
complex
biological
processes.
Despite
their
importance,
the
lack
of
comprehensive
tools
for
studying
PTMs
from
a
pathway-centric
perspective
has
limited
our
ability
to
understand
how
modulate
pathways
on
molecular
level.
Here,
we
present
PTMNavigator,
tool
integrated
into
ProteomicsDB
platform
that
offers
an
interactive
interface
researchers
overlay
experimental
PTM
data
with
pathway
diagrams.
PTMNavigator
provides
~3000
canonical
manually
curated
databases,
enabling
users
modify
create
custom
diagrams
tailored
data.
Additionally,
automatically
runs
kinase
enrichment
algorithms
whose
results
are
directly
visualization.
This
view
intricate
relationship
between
signaling
pathways.
We
demonstrate
utility
by
applying
it
two
phosphoproteomics
datasets,
showing
can
enhance
analysis,
visualize
drug
treatments
result
discernable
flow
PTM-driven
aid
proposing
extensions
existing
By
enhancing
understanding
dynamics
facilitating
discovery
PTM-pathway
interactions,
advances
knowledge
biology
its
implications
health
disease.
Bioinformatics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
39(2)
Published: Feb. 1, 2023
Abstract
Motivation
Knowledge
graphs
(KGs)
are
being
adopted
in
industry,
commerce
and
academia.
Biomedical
KG
presents
a
challenge
due
to
the
complexity,
size
heterogeneity
of
underlying
information.
Results
In
this
work,
we
present
Scalable
Precision
Medicine
Open
Engine
(SPOKE),
biomedical
connecting
millions
concepts
via
semantically
meaningful
relationships.
SPOKE
contains
27
million
nodes
21
different
types
53
edges
55
downloaded
from
41
databases.
The
graph
is
built
on
framework
11
ontologies
that
maintain
its
structure,
enable
mappings
facilitate
navigation.
weekly
by
python
scripts
which
download
each
resource,
check
for
integrity
completeness,
then
create
‘parent
table’
edges.
Graph
queries
translated
REST
API
users
can
submit
searches
directly
an
or
graphical
user
interface.
Conclusions/Significance:
enables
integration
seemingly
disparate
information
support
precision
medicine
efforts.
Availability
implementation
neighborhood
explorer
available
at
https://spoke.rbvi.ucsf.edu.
Supplementary
data
Bioinformatics
online.
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
23, P. 1154 - 1168
Published: March 1, 2024
In
recent
years,
the
role
of
bioinformatics
and
computational
biology
together
with
omics
techniques
transcriptomics
has
gained
tremendous
importance
in
biomedicine
healthcare,
particularly
for
identification
biomarkers
precision
medicine
drug
discovery.
Differential
gene
expression
(DGE)
analysis
is
one
most
used
RNA-sequencing
(RNA-seq)
data
analysis.
This
tool,
which
typically
various
RNA-seq
processing
applications,
allows
differentially
expressed
genes
across
two
or
more
sample
sets.
Functional
enrichment
analyses
can
then
be
performed
to
annotate
contextualize
resulting
lists.
These
studies
provide
valuable
information
about
disease-causing
biological
processes
help
identifying
molecular
targets
novel
therapies.
review
focuses
on
differential
pipelines
commonly
identify
specific
discuss
advantages
disadvantages
these
techniques.
Nucleic Acids Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
52(W1), P. W481 - W488
Published: May 23, 2024
Abstract
In
recent
decades,
the
development
of
new
drugs
has
become
increasingly
expensive
and
inefficient,
molecular
mechanisms
most
pharmaceuticals
remain
poorly
understood.
response,
computational
systems
network
medicine
tools
have
emerged
to
identify
potential
drug
repurposing
candidates.
However,
these
often
require
complex
installation
lack
intuitive
visual
mining
capabilities.
To
tackle
challenges,
we
introduce
Drugst.One,
a
platform
that
assists
specialized
in
becoming
user-friendly,
web-based
utilities
for
repurposing.
With
just
three
lines
code,
Drugst.One
turns
any
biology
software
into
an
interactive
web
tool
modeling
analyzing
protein-drug-disease
networks.
Demonstrating
its
broad
adaptability,
been
successfully
integrated
with
21
tools.
Available
at
https://drugst.one,
significant
streamlining
discovery
process,
allowing
researchers
focus
on
essential
aspects
pharmaceutical
treatment
research.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Jan. 8, 2025
Abstract
Post-translational
modifications
(PTMs)
play
pivotal
roles
in
regulating
cellular
signaling,
fine-tuning
protein
function,
and
orchestrating
complex
biological
processes.
Despite
their
importance,
the
lack
of
comprehensive
tools
for
studying
PTMs
from
a
pathway-centric
perspective
has
limited
our
ability
to
understand
how
modulate
pathways
on
molecular
level.
Here,
we
present
PTMNavigator,
tool
integrated
into
ProteomicsDB
platform
that
offers
an
interactive
interface
researchers
overlay
experimental
PTM
data
with
pathway
diagrams.
PTMNavigator
provides
~3000
canonical
manually
curated
databases,
enabling
users
modify
create
custom
diagrams
tailored
data.
Additionally,
automatically
runs
kinase
enrichment
algorithms
whose
results
are
directly
visualization.
This
view
intricate
relationship
between
signaling
pathways.
We
demonstrate
utility
by
applying
it
two
phosphoproteomics
datasets,
showing
can
enhance
analysis,
visualize
drug
treatments
result
discernable
flow
PTM-driven
aid
proposing
extensions
existing
By
enhancing
understanding
dynamics
facilitating
discovery
PTM-pathway
interactions,
advances
knowledge
biology
its
implications
health
disease.