Chair for Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
Center for Bioinformatics, Saarland Informatics Campus, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Jul 2;49(W1):W409-W416. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab297.
Which genes, gene sets or pathways are regulated by certain miRNAs? Which miRNAs regulate a particular target gene or target pathway in a certain physiological context? Answering such common research questions can be time consuming and labor intensive. Especially for researchers without computational experience, the integration of different data sources, selection of the right parameters and concise visualization can be demanding. A comprehensive analysis should be central to present adequate answers to complex biological questions. With miRTargetLink 2.0, we develop an all-in-one solution for human, mouse and rat miRNA networks. Users input in the unidirectional search mode either a single gene, gene set or gene pathway, alternatively a single miRNA, a set of miRNAs or an miRNA pathway. Moreover, genes and miRNAs can jointly be provided to the tool in the bidirectional search mode. For the selected entities, interaction graphs are generated from different data sources and dynamically presented. Connected application programming interfaces (APIs) to the tailored enrichment tools miEAA and GeneTrail facilitate downstream analysis of pathways and context-annotated categories of network nodes. MiRTargetLink 2.0 is freely accessible at https://www.ccb.uni-saarland.de/mirtargetlink2.
哪些基因、基因集或途径受特定 miRNAs 调控?哪些 miRNAs 在特定生理环境下调控特定的靶基因或靶途径?回答这些常见的研究问题可能既耗时又费力。对于没有计算经验的研究人员来说,整合不同的数据源、选择正确的参数和简洁的可视化可能会很困难。全面的分析应该是为复杂的生物学问题提供充分答案的核心。有了 miRTargetLink 2.0,我们为人类、小鼠和大鼠的 miRNA 网络开发了一个一体化解决方案。用户在单向搜索模式下输入单个基因、基因集或基因途径,或者在双向搜索模式下输入单个 miRNA、一组 miRNA 或 miRNA 途径。此外,基因和 miRNA 可以共同提供给工具。对于选定的实体,从不同的数据源生成交互图,并动态呈现。与定制的富集工具 miEAA 和 GeneTrail 的连接应用程序编程接口 (API) 方便了对途径和网络节点上下文注释类别的下游分析。MiRTargetLink 2.0 可在 https://www.ccb.uni-saarland.de/mirtargetlink2. 免费访问。