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. 2022 Dec 16;21:780–795. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.12.022

Table 1.

Recently developed network enrichment tools categorized by algorithm type. Links to code/tools are provided in Supplementary Table 1.

Tool Input data type (s) Algorithm Type Example application Reference
SigMod GWAS Aggregate score Identify functionally and biologically relevant genes in childhood-onset asthma[18] [18]
IODNE Gene expression Aggregate score Identify potentially novel target genes for drug selection in triple-negative breast cancer[19] [19]
PCSF Multi-omics data
(gene expression, mutation profiles, or copy number)
Aggregate score Extract subnetworks of enriched metabolite interactions in multiple sclerosis[36] [20]
Omics Integrator Gene expression Aggregate score Link α-synuclein to multiple parkinsonism genes and druggable targets[37] [21]
MuST Disease-associated genes
(derived from GWAS or DEG analyses)
Aggregate score Investigation of coagulation pathway in COVID-19[38] [22]
ROBUST Disease-associated genes
(derived from GWAS or DEG analyses)
Aggregate score Identify an oxidative stress module in multiple sclerosis[23] [23]
DOMINO Disease-associated genes
(derived from GWAS or DEG analyses)
Aggregate score Integrated as the downstream analysis step in a splicing-aware framework for time course data analysis[39] [24]
KeyPathwayMiner Gene expression / multi-omics data Module cover Reveal epigenetic targets in SARS-CoV-2 infection, used together with gene co-expression networks[40] [25]
ModuleDiscoverer Gene expression Module cover Identify regulatory modules of the response to mesenchymal stromal cells treatment for mitigating liver damage[41] [26]
NoMAS Mutation profiles Module cover Identify subnetworks with strong association to survival in different cancer types[27] [27]
nCOP Mutation profiles Module cover Identify cancer genes including those with low mutation frequencies across 24 different cancer types[28] [28]
NetDecoder Gene expression; mutation profiles Score propagation Studying mechanism of CCN1-associated resistance to HSV-1-derived oncolytic immunovirotherapies for glioblastomas[42] [29]
HotNet2 Mutation profiles Score propagation Identify mutated subnetworks in a genome-scale interaction network used for subtyping pancreatic cancer[43] [30]
Hierarchical HotNet Mutation profiles Score propagation Detect functional interactions that connect the cellular targets of viral proteins with the downstream changes in SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV2[44] [31]
Grand Forest Gene expression / methylation data Machine learning Stratify lung cancer patients into clinically relevant molecular subgroups[32] [32]
N2V-HC GWAS Machine learning Discover biologically meaningful modules related to pathways underlying Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's diseases[33] [33]
BiCoN Gene expression / methylation data Machine learning Applied to TCGA breast cancer data for subtyping[34] [34]
TiCoNE Time-series expression data Machine learning Analysis of time-series lipidomics dataset of human mesenchymal stem cells after drug treatment[45] [35]