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BACKGROUND:The misregulation of microRNA (miRNA) has been shown to cause diseases. Recently, we have proposed a computational method based on a random walk framework on a miRNA-target gene network to predict disease-associated miRNAs. The prediction performance of our method is better than that of some existing state-of-the-art network- and machine learning-based methods since it exploits the mutual regulation between miRNAs and their target genes in the miRNA-target gene interaction networks. RESULTS:To facilitate the use of this method, we have developed a Cytoscape app, named RWRMTN, to predict disease-associated miRNAs. RWRMTN can work on any miRNA-target gene network. Highly ranked miRNAs are supported with evidence from the literature. They then can also be visualized based on the rankings and in relationships with the query disease and their target genes. In addition, automation functions are also integrated, which allow RWRMTN to be used in workflows from external environments. We demonstrate the ability of RWRMTN in predicting breast and lung cancer-associated miRNAs via workflows in Cytoscape and other environments. CONCLUSIONS:Considering a few computational methods have been developed as software tools for convenient uses, RWRMTN is among the first GUI-based tools for the prediction of disease-associated miRNAs which can be used in workflows in different environments.
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BMC Bioinformaticsjournal_title
BMC bioinformaticsauthors
Le DH,Tran TTHdoi
10.1186/s12859-020-03578-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-06-15 00:00:00pages
244issue
1issn
1471-2105pii
10.1186/s12859-020-03578-3journal_volume
21pub_type
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