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P32 - Multi-Omic Single Cell Network Perturbation for Phenotypic Prediction

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Description

Drug repurposing offers a cost-effective strategy to identify new applications for existing medications, leveraging established safety profiles to accelerate therapeutic development. Advances in computational biology and large-scale multi-omics data enable systematic identification of novel therapeutic opportunities, addressing unmet medical needs and advancing precision medicine. This study employs a multiplex network integrating 10 literature-based layers from the HumanNet database and 320 data-driven predictive expression networks derived from single-cell RNA sequencing and bulk transcriptomic data. Constructed using the iRF-LOOP algorithm, requiring over 500,000 compute hours on the Frontier supercomputer, this multiplex provides a framework for analyzing gene functions across diverse biological contexts.We applied the Random Walk with Restart algorithm to compute embeddings for 52,722 genes, quantifying their topological relevance within the network. Drug-gene interactions from DrugBank and disease-gene associations from UKBiobank GWAS were mapped to these embeddings, linking therapeutic agents to potential targets and revealing biomarkers. A case study on glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists, initially developed for type 2 diabetes, identified genes topologically connected to GLP-1R (TMPRSS2, PNPLA3, DHX37, ZNF91, DTHD1, and IRX3) and associated diseases. This study demonstrates the power of multiplex networks and supercomputing in uncovering connections between genes, drugs, and diseases, offering insights into therapeutic discovery.

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Matthew
Lane
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Matthew Lane is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Computational and Predictive Biology Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory working under Dr. Dan Jacobson.His current research centers around the application of statistical, graph theoretical, machine and deep learning methods for prediction and analysis of complex biological systems using the leadership class systems Andes, Summit, and Perlmutter.Research undertakings currently include:- Using Explainable AI to create massive Predictive Expression Networks for use in Multiplex Omics models.- Employing geometric deep learning for node embedding and link prediction on large and sparse networks.- Metabolomic profile network creation through peak extraction and statistical processing of LC/GC-MS data.- Scientific Software engineering for the production of well-tested and documented packages for publication.- Topological Perturbation of networks for the phenotypic prediction of genetic modulation.Matthew Lane earned his M.S. in Computer Science under Dr. Sharlee Climer at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, working on network theory techniques for the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid metabolites in patients of Alzheimer’s disease. After his tenure at the University of Missouri, he worked as a software engineer at Bayer Crop Science, developing software for the collection, storage, and analysis of crops in the field.He actively volunteers to teach coding and robotics to local high school students and community members working with the East Tennessee STEM Hub.

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