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] |