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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

AI applications in functional genomics.

Claudia Caudai, Antonella Galizia, Filippo Geraci, Loredana Le Pera, Veronica Morea, Emanuele Salerno, Allegra Via, Teresa Colombo

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Claudia CaudaiCNR, Institute of Information Science and Technologies "A. Faedo" (ISTI), Pisa, Italy.
Antonella GaliziaCNR, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies (IMATI), Genoa, Italy.
Filippo GeraciCNR, Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT), Pisa, Italy.
Loredana Le PeraCNR, Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies (IBIOM), Bari, Italy.
Veronica MoreaCNR, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), Rome, Italy.
Emanuele SalernoCNR, Institute of Information Science and Technologies "A. Faedo" (ISTI), Pisa, Italy.
Allegra ViaCNR, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), Rome, Italy.
Teresa ColomboCNR, Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM), Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We review the current applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in functional genomics. The recent explosion of AI follows the remarkable achievements made possible by "deep learning", along with a burst of "big data" that can meet its hunger. Biology is about to overthrow astronomy as the paradigmatic representative of big data producer. This has been made possible by huge advancements in the field of high throughput technologies, applied to determine how the individual components of a biological system work together to accomplish different processes. The disciplines contributing to this bulk of data are collectively known as functional genomics. They consist in studies of: i) the information contained in the DNA (genomics); ii) the modifications that DNA can reversibly undergo (epigenomics); iii) the RNA transcripts originated by a genome (transcriptomics); iv) the ensemble of chemical modifications decorating different types of RNA transcripts (epitranscriptomics); v) the products of protein-coding transcripts (proteomics); and vi) the small molecules produced from cell metabolism (metabolomics) present in an organism or system at a given time, in physiological or pathological conditions. After reviewing main applications of AI in functional genomics, we discuss important accompanying issues, including ethical, legal and economic issues and the importance of explainability.

Indexed as

Artificial intelligenceDeep learningEpigenomicsEpitranscriptomicsFunctional genomicsGenomicsMachine learningMetabolomicsProteomicsTranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID34765093
PMCPMC8566780

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