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ArticleComputers in biology and medicine2025

Alzheimer's disease knowledge graph enhances knowledge discovery and disease prediction.

Yue Yang, Kaixian Yu, Shan Gao, Sheng Yu, Di Xiong, Chuanyang Qin, Huiyuan Chen, Jiarui Tang, Niansheng Tang, Hongtu Zhu

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Article in Computers in biology and medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yue YangDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Kaixian YuInsilicom LLC, Tallahassee FL, USA.
Shan GaoDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Yunnan University, China.
Sheng YuCenter for Statistics Science, Tsinghua University, China.
Di XiongDepartment of Mathematics, Shanghai University, China.
Chuanyang QinDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Yunnan University, China.
Huiyuan ChenDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Yunnan University, China.
Jiarui TangDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Niansheng TangDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Yunnan University, China.
Hongtu ZhuDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Electronic address: htzhu@email.unc.edu.

Funding

Mapping the Causal Genetic-Imaging-Clinical Pathway for Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG082938 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Bingxin Zhao, Hongtu Zhu · 2023 to 2023
$2.2M
Construction and Application of Comprehensive Knowledge Graphs for Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG085581 · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2025 to 2025
$1.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG085581NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG082938
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Abstract

objectiveTo construct an Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Graph (ADKG) by extracting and integrating relationships among Alzheimer's disease (AD), genes, variants, chemicals, drugs, and other diseases from biomedical literature, aiming to identify existing treatments, potential targets, and diagnostic methods for AD.

methodsWe annotated 800 PubMed abstracts (ADERC corpus) with 20,886 entities and 4935 relationships, augmented via GPT-4. A SpERT model (SciBERT-based) trained on this data extracted relations from PubMed abstracts, supported by biomedical databases and entity linking refined via abbreviation resolution/string matching. The resulting knowledge graph trained embedding models to predict novel relationships. ADKG's utility was validated by integrating it with UK Biobank data for predictive modeling.

resultsThe ADKG contained 3,199,276 entity mentions and 633,733 triplets, linking >5K unique entities and capturing complex AD-related interactions. Its graph embedding models produced evidence-supported predictions, enabling testable hypotheses. In UK Biobank predictive modeling, ADKG-enhanced models achieved higher AUROC of 0.928 comparing to 0.903 without ADKG enhancement.

conclusionBy synthesizing literature-derived insights into a computable framework, ADKG bridges molecular mechanisms to clinical phenotypes, advancing precision medicine in Alzheimer's research. Its structured data and predictive utility underscore its potential to accelerate therapeutic discovery and risk stratification.

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Alzheimer DiseaseComputational BiologyKnowledge DiscoveryDatabases, FactualHumansAlzheimer's diseaseDisease predictionKnowledge graph constructionLink prediction

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PMCPMC12103266

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