Predicting microbe-disease associations via graph neural network and contrastive learning

Cong Jiang, Junxuan Feng, Bingshen Shan, Qiyue Chen, Jian Yang, Gang Wang, Xiaogang Peng, Xiaozheng Li · 2024

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Cong Jiang and co-authors build a network model that predicts which microbes link to which diseases, in a 2024 paper. Lab proof of such links is slow and costly, so ranked guesses save real effort. Their model, GCATCMDA, learns from known links.

Similarity webs for microbes and for diseases come first. An encoder that mixes graph convolution with attention reads features from each web and from the link web itself. A fusion step blends layer outputs, and contrastive training keeps a node's features steady across webs. A decoder then scores each pair. Tests beat prior methods, and case studies back the model as a working tool.

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CREATORCong Jiang, Junxuan Feng, Bingshen Shan, Qiyue Chen, Jian Yang, Gang Wang, Xiaogang Peng, Xiaozheng Li
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE44 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11671253

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