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WebCMap: an R package for high-throughput connectivity analysis within the CMap framework.

Hongen Kang^1,2, Yin-Ying Wang^1,2, Peilin Jia^1,2

¹China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China.

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|November 21, 2025

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WebCMap is a new R package for efficient drug repurposing using the Connectivity Map (CMap) database. It overcomes computational challenges, enabling fast screening of drug-induced transcriptomic signatures on personal computers.

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Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Pharmacology

Background:

Drug-induced transcriptomic signatures are crucial for identifying candidate drugs for new conditions.
The Connectivity Map (CMap) database contains over 720,000 compound-induced signatures, widely used for drug repurposing.
Analyzing CMap signatures faces challenges due to high computational demands and inconsistent results from various analysis methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an R package, WebCMap, for efficient and comprehensive analysis of CMap drug-induced signatures.
To enable searching for compounds with similar or opposite activities across the entire CMap database.
To provide a user-friendly tool for drug repurposing on personal computing resources.

Main Methods:

WebCMap implements six established computational methods for analyzing transcriptomic signatures.
A meta-score is incorporated to assess the consistency of results across different methods.
The package utilizes a web-accelerated framework, pre-calculated permutation test statistics, and multi-core parallelization for speed.

Main Results:

WebCMap facilitates rapid screening of candidate compounds against a large number of drug-induced signatures.
The R package enables efficient retrieval of analysis results on personal computers.
It addresses computational bottlenecks and improves the reliability of connectivity analyses.

Conclusions:

WebCMap offers a powerful and accessible solution for drug repurposing using the Connectivity Map.
The package enhances the efficiency and consistency of transcriptomic signature analysis.
It democratizes access to large-scale drug repurposing analysis for researchers.