Genetic Networks of Complex Disorders: from a Novel Search Engine for PubMed Article Database

AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc. 2013 Mar 18:2013:99. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

Finding genetic risk factors of complex disorders may involve reviewing hundreds of genes or thousands of research articles iteratively, but few tools have been available to facilitate this procedure. In this work, we built a novel publication search engine that can identify target-disorder specific, genetics-oriented research articles and extract the genes with significant results. Preliminary test results showed that the output of this engine has better coverage in terms of genes or publications, than other existing applications. We consider it as an essential tool for understanding genetic networks of complex disorders.