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ReviewGenes2023

Networks as Biomarkers: Uses and Purposes.

Caterina Alfano, Lorenzo Farina, Manuela Petti

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Review in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Caterina AlfanoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7296-8112
Lorenzo FarinaDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Ariosto, 25, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8314-6029
Manuela PettiDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Ariosto, 25, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0149-161X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Networks-based approaches are often used to analyze gene expression data or protein-protein interactions but are not usually applied to study the relationships between different biomarkers. Given the clinical need for more comprehensive and integrative biomarkers that can help to identify personalized therapies, the integration of biomarkers of different natures is an emerging trend in the literature. Network analysis can be used to analyze the relationships between different features of a disease; nodes can be disease-related phenotypes, gene expression, mutational events, protein quantification, imaging-derived features and more. Since different biomarkers can exert causal effects between them, describing such interrelationships can be used to better understand the underlying mechanisms of complex diseases. Networks as biomarkers are not yet commonly used, despite being proven to lead to interesting results. Here, we discuss in which ways they have been used to provide novel insights into disease susceptibility, disease development and severity.

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ProteinsBiomarkersDisease SusceptibilityHumansPhenotypeBiomarkersProteinsbiomarkers’ connectivityintegrative biomarkernetwork analysisprecision medicine

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PMID36833356
PMCPMC9956930

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