Computational functional genomics-based reduction of disease-related gene sets to their key components.

Journal: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: The genetic architecture of diseases becomes increasingly known. This raises difficulties in picking suitable targets for further research among an increasing number of candidates. Although expression based methods of gene set reduction are applied to laboratory-derived genetic data, the analysis of topical sets of genes gathered from knowledge bases requires a modified approach as no quantitative information about gene expression is available.

Authors

  • Catharina Lippmann
    Fraunhofer Institute of Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology - Project Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (IME-TMP), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • Alfred Ultsch
    DataBionics Research Group, University of Marburg, Hans - Meerwein - Straße, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
  • Jörn Lötsch
    Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Goethe - University, Theodor Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.