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INDRA-IPM: interactive pathway modeling using natural language with automated assembly.

Petar V Todorov¹, Benjamin M Gyori¹, John A Bachman¹

¹Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

|May 10, 2019

Summary

INDRA-IPM is a new tool that uses natural language processing to build and visualize biological pathway maps. It integrates expression data and exports models for broader use in systems biology research.

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Area of Science:

Systems Biology
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics

Background:

Pathway maps are crucial for understanding cellular processes.
Manual curation of pathway information is time-consuming and error-prone.
Integrating diverse biological data into pathway models remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce INDRA-IPM, a novel web-based tool for automated pathway map generation and visualization.
To demonstrate the utility of natural language processing in assembling biological pathway models.
To enable contextualization of pathway models with experimental data.

Main Methods:

Development of a web-based platform integrating natural language processing (NLP) for information extraction.
Automated assembly of pathway models from extracted biological interactions.
Visualization of assembled pathways and integration with gene expression data.
Export of models into standard formats for downstream analysis.

Main Results:

INDRA-IPM successfully generates interactive pathway maps from unstructured text.
The tool contextualizes pathway models with user-provided expression data.
Models can be exported in standard formats, facilitating integration with other tools.

Conclusions:

INDRA-IPM offers an efficient and automated approach to pathway modeling.
The tool enhances the interpretability of biological pathways by integrating diverse data.
INDRA-IPM is a valuable resource for systems biology research and drug discovery.