Molecular networks in Network Medicine: Development and applications

EK Silverman, HHHW Schmidt… - … Systems Biology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Network Medicine applies network science approaches to investigate disease
pathogenesis. Many different analytical methods have been used to infer relevant molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Competing endogenous RNAs, non-coding RNAs and diseases: an intertwined story

U Ala - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding RNA molecules, are responsible for RNA
silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. They can mediate a fine …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of computational approaches to understand cancer biology for informed drug repurposing

F Ahmed, A Samantasinghar, AM Soomro, S Kim… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, trailing only heart disease. In the
United States alone, 1.9 million new cancer cases and 609,360 deaths were recorded for …

Gene co-expression in the interactome: moving from correlation toward causation via an integrated approach to disease module discovery

P Paci, G Fiscon, F Conte, RS Wang, L Farina… - NPJ systems biology …, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, we integrate the outcomes of co-expression network analysis with the human
interactome network to predict novel putative disease genes and modules. We first apply the …

A paradigm shift in medicine: A comprehensive review of network-based approaches

F Conte, G Fiscon, V Licursi, D Bizzarri, T D'Antò… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Network medicine is a rapidly evolving new field of medical research, which combines
principles and approaches of systems biology and network science, holding the promise to …

Epigenetic inheritance underlying pulmonary arterial hypertension: a new challenge for network medicine

C Napoli, G Benincasa, J Loscalzo - … , thrombosis, and vascular …, 2019 - ahajournals.org
In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), the Warburg effect (glycolytic shift) and
mitochondrial fission are determinants of phenotype alterations characteristic of the disease …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity rewires the human brain against neurodegeneration

JA Santiago, JP Quinn, JA Potashkin - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Physical activity may offset cognitive decline and dementia, but the molecular mechanisms
by which it promotes neuroprotection remain elusive. In the absence of disease-modifying …

[HTML][HTML] Inferring the disease-associated miRNAs based on network representation learning and convolutional neural networks

P Xuan, H Sun, X Wang, T Zhang, S Pan - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Identification of disease-associated miRNAs (disease miRNAs) are critical for understanding
etiology and pathogenesis. Most previous methods focus on integrating similarities and …

[HTML][HTML] Biomphalaria glabrata immunity: Post-genome advances

MG Castillo, JE Humphries, MM Mourao… - Developmental & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The freshwater snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, is an important intermediate host in the life
cycle for the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni, the causative agent of schistosomiasis …

[HTML][HTML] In silico drug repurposing in COVID-19: A network-based analysis

P Sibilio, S Bini, G Fiscon, M Sponziello, F Conte… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a worldwide public health emergency. Despite the beginning
of a vaccination campaign, the search for new drugs to appropriately treat COVID-19 …