A convex optimization approach for identification of human tissue-specific interactomes.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

Analysis of organism-specific interactomes has yielded novel insights into cellular function and coordination, understanding of pathology, and identification of markers and drug targets. Genes, however, can exhibit varying levels of cell type specificity in their expression, and their coordinated expression manifests in tissue-specific function and pathology. Tissue-specific/tissue-selective interaction mechanisms have significant applications in drug discovery, as they are more likely to reveal drug targets. Furthermore, tissue-specific transcription factors (tsTFs) are significantly implicated in human disease, including cancers. Finally, disease genes and protein complexes have the tendency to be differentially expressed in tissues in which defects cause pathology. Th

SUBMITTER: Mohammadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4908329 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature