PleioNet

PleioNet constructs and visualizes pleiotropic networks to reveal shared genetic architecture among human diseases and traits.


Key Features:

  • Pleiotropic network construction: Constructs networks linking genes and traits to represent pleiotropic relationships among human diseases and traits.
  • Large-scale database integration: Integrates large-scale database queries to aggregate pleiotropic association data from diverse sources.
  • High-dimensional data visualization: Provides sophisticated visualizations to navigate and interpret complex high-dimensional pleiotropic data.
  • Shared genetic architecture analysis: Enables identification and exploration of genetic connections underlying multiple conditions and complex trait genetics.
  • Disease comorbidity exploration: Highlights overlapping genetic influences to support analysis of disease comorbidity.

Scientific Applications:

  • Pleiotropy mapping: Map genes that influence multiple phenotypic traits across diverse human diseases and traits.
  • Shared genetic architecture analysis: Identify genetic links contributing to multiple conditions and to complex trait genetics.
  • Disease comorbidity investigation: Investigate genetic overlap and potential mechanisms underlying comorbid conditions.

Methodology:

Integrates large-scale database queries and constructs and visualizes pleiotropic networks to navigate and analyze complex high-dimensional pleiotropic data.

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Details

License:
Unlicense
Maturity:
Mature
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
web application
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Added:
7/4/2019
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

Operations

Publications

Gao XR, Huang H. PleioNet: a web-based visualization tool for exploring pleiotropy across complex traits. Bioinformatics. 2019;35(20):4179-4180. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btz179. PMID:30865284. PMCID:PMC6792104.

PMID: 30865284
PMCID: PMC6792104
Funding: - National Institutes of Health: R01EY022651, R01EY027315, RF1AG060472

Documentation

Training material
http://35.231.237.229/pleionet/
Tutorial material