Systems Bioinformatics: Increasing precision of computational diagnostics and therapeutics through network-based approaches

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 806-824

  Oulas, Anastasis ^a   Minadakis, George ^a   Zachariou, Margarita ^a   Sokratous, Kleitos ^a   Bourdakou, Marilena M ^a   Spyrou, George M ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

computational diagnostics; computational therapeutics; drug repurposing; network analysis; precision medicine; Systems Bioinformatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DRUG REPOSITIONING; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METABOLOMICS; METAGENOMICS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PROTEOMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKERS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG REPOSITIONING; HUMANS; PRECISION MEDICINE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 85068463601     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbx151     Document Type: Article

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