Abstract
The study of proteomics reached unexpected levels of interest, as a direct consequence of its discovered influence over some complex biological phenomena, such as problematic diseases like cancer. This paper presents a new technique that allows for an accurate analysis of the human interactome network. It is basically a two-step analysis process that involves, at first, the detection of each protein's absolute importance through the betweenness centrality computation. Then, the second step determines the functionallyrelated communities of proteins. For this purpose, we use a community detection technique that is based on the edge betweenness calculation. The new technique was thoroughly tested on real biological data and the results prove some interesting properties of those proteins that are involved in the carcinogenesis process. Apart from its experimental usefulness, the novel technique is also computationally effective in terms of execution times. Based on the analysis' results, some topological features of cancer mutated proteins are presented and a possible optimization solution for cancer drugs design is suggested.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 297-302 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology |
| Volume | 58 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- Betweenness centrality
- Cancer
- Interactome networks
- Protein communities
- Proteinprotein interactions
