SemFunSim: A new method for measuring disease similarity by integrating semantic and gene functional association

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Liang ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Ju, Peng ^b   Peng, Jiajie ^a   Wang, Yadong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; THIAMAZOLE;

ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE ONTOLOGY; DISEASE SIMILARITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HEPATITIS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SARCOIDOSIS; SEMANTICS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TOXIC HEPATITIS; VALIDATION STUDY; BIOLOGICAL ONTOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASES; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG REPOSITIONING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BENCHMARKING; BIOLOGICAL ONTOLOGIES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG REPOSITIONING; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; ROC CURVE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84903289028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099415     Document Type: Article

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