SpidermiR: An R/Bioconductor Package for Integrative Analysis with miRNA Data
Recommended Citation
Cava C, Colaprico A, Bertoli G, Graudenzi A, Silva TC, Olsen C, Noushmehr H, Bontempi G, Mauri G, and Castiglioni I. SpidermiR: An R/Bioconductor package for integrative analysis with miRNA data. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18(2).
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-27-2017
Publication Title
Int J Mol Sci
Abstract
Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) control many biological systems, but how such network coordination is shaped is still unknown. GRNs can be subdivided into basic connections that describe how the network members interact e.g., co-expression, physical interaction, co-localization, genetic influence, pathways, and shared protein domains. The important regulatory mechanisms of these networks involve miRNAs. We developed an R/Bioconductor package, namely SpidermiR, which offers an easy access to both GRNs and miRNAs to the end user, and integrates this information with differentially expressed genes obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Specifically, SpidermiR allows the users to: (i) query and download GRNs and miRNAs from validated and predicted repositories; (ii) integrate miRNAs with GRNs in order to obtain miRNA-gene-gene and miRNA-protein-protein interactions, and to analyze miRNA GRNs in order to identify miRNA-gene communities; and (iii) graphically visualize the results of the analyses. These analyses can be performed through a single interface and without the need for any downloads. The full data sets are then rapidly integrated and processed locally.
Medical Subject Headings
Breast Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Male; MicroRNAs; Neoplasm Proteins; Prostatic Neoplasms; Protein Binding; Software; Statistics as Topic
PubMed ID
28134831
Volume
18
Issue
2
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