Scalable data-driven enrichment analysis of short RNAs

Abstract

microRNAs (or miRNAs) are short RNA molecules that play a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression, i.e. the production of proteins, which are important structural and functional components of a cell. miRNAs silence genes by binding to them, thus blocking the production of the respective protein. However, the mechanisms underlying miRNA function are often very complex; combined with the fact that the number of miRNAs in a given organism ranges in the order of thousands, it becomes evident that utilizing experiments in a wet lab is a lengthy, arduous and often expensive process. Additionally, scientists may be interested to compare differences in miRNA expression between diseased and healthy individuals and need to quantify them, using statistical methods. For this reason, Bioinformatics researchers developed in-silico methods and algorithms like miRNA enrichment analysis, which is a statistical technique to predict whether a set of miRNAs is likely to affect a certain biologic ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/51552
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/51552
ND
51552
Alternative title
Κλιμακώσιμη δεδομενοκεντρική ανάλυση εμπλουτισμού σε RNA μικρού μήκους
Author
Zagganas, Konstantinos (Father's name: Nikolaos)
Date
2022
Degree Grantor
University of Peloponesse
Committee members
Σκιαδόπουλος Σπυρίδων
Τρυφωνόπουλος Χρήστος
Δαλαμάγκας Θεόδωρος
Βασιλάκης Κωνσταντίνος
Δροσάτος Γεώργιος
Πλατής Νικόλαος
Ψωμόπουλος Φώτης
Discipline
Engineering and Technology ➨ Other Engineering and Technologies ➨ Engineering and Technologies, miscellaneous
Keywords
Bioinformatics; MicroRNAs; Enrichment; Unbiased tests; Scalable; Data-driven
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
im., tbls., fig., ch.
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