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Sylvie Delhalle¹, Sebastian F N Bode^1,2, Rudi Balling³

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Personalized medicine uses big data and "Omics" to tailor treatments. While successful in oncology, immune-related diseases require advanced strategies for effective patient stratification and therapy.

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Area of Science:

Computational biology
Immunology
Genomics
Precision medicine

Background:

Big data and computational processing are transforming medicine towards personalized patient stratification and treatment.
Significant progress has been achieved in personalized oncology using "Omics" data.
Immune cells present greater complexity than tumor cells, posing challenges for personalized therapies in immune-centralized diseases.

Purpose of the Study:

To review advances in "Omics" data utilization and network analysis for personalized immunology.
To discuss challenges and strategies for personalized stratification and treatment in inflammatory diseases.
To provide a roadmap for implementing personalized immunology, addressing experimental, clinical, computational, data management, ethical, and regulatory aspects.

Main Methods:

Review of recent advances in "Omics" data utilization.
Analysis of network analysis applications on patient samples from clinical trials.
Discussion of challenges and strategies for personalized stratification and treatment.

Main Results:

"Omics" data and network analysis show promise for personalized oncology.
Significant challenges remain in translating biomarker identification to effective personalized therapy for immune-centralized diseases.
A roadmap is proposed to accelerate the implementation of personalized immunology.

Conclusions:

Personalized immunology holds great potential for treating immune-centralized diseases.
Overcoming challenges in data analysis, management, and regulation is crucial for successful implementation.
A multidisciplinary approach is needed to advance personalized stratification and treatment strategies.