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Slimformer: An NLP-based web server for semantic categorization of gene sets.

Fionn Daire Keogh¹, Jonas Marx², Alicia Hiemisch¹

¹Institute of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

|December 4, 2025

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Slimformer, a new Natural Language Processing tool, improves omics data interpretation by categorizing gene sets using semantic similarity. It enhances understanding of cellular mechanisms, as demonstrated in Respiratory Syncytial Virus research.

Keywords:

Document embeddings Gene ontology Gene set enrichment analysis Natural language processing Respiratory syncytial virus

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Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics

Background:

Omics data analysis generates large gene sets, complicating interpretation of cellular mechanisms.
Current categorization methods often overlook semantic similarities in textual descriptions, relying heavily on hierarchical ontologies like Gene Ontology.
There is a need for advanced methods to integrate linguistic and functional information for comprehensive gene set analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate Slimformer, an embedding-based Natural Language Processing model for enhanced gene set categorization.
To leverage contextual relationships from gene set names, descriptions, and associated genes for improved classification.
To provide a flexible framework for systematic gene set categorization, aiding in the interpretation of omics data.

Main Methods:

Developed Slimformer, an embedding-based Natural Language Processing model.
Trained a supervised classifier on a manually curated gold standard dataset of annotated gene sets.
Utilized gene set names, descriptions, and associated genes to learn contextual relationships.
Applied the model to 2856 annotated gene sets and to gene expression data from RSV-infected human cells.

Main Results:

Slimformer achieved 82.4% balanced accuracy and an F1-score of 0.867 on annotated gene sets.
The model identified significant downregulation of cell cycle processes in RSV-infected cells, a finding missed by other tools.
Demonstrated improved interpretability of omics data through integrated linguistic and functional information.

Conclusions:

Slimformer offers a novel and effective approach to gene set categorization by incorporating semantic similarity.
The tool enhances the interpretability of omics data, facilitating the discovery of biological insights.
Slimformer provides a valuable framework for researchers analyzing complex biological datasets and understanding disease mechanisms.