Application of knowledge graphs in rare disease research
Yiran Fei, Wenyu Cai, Yibo He, Huizhe Ding
Frontiers in Public Health
Problems Identified (4)
Rare disease data sparsity and heterogeneity: Rare disease research is challenged by sparse and heterogeneous data, contributing to diagnostic delays and limited treatments.
KG privacy and update challenges: Knowledge graph applications in rare disease research face challenges including privacy and dynamic updates.
Rare disease data sparsity and heterogeneity: Rare disease research is challenged by sparse and heterogeneous data, contributing to diagnostic delays and limited treatments.
KG privacy and update challenges: Knowledge graph applications in rare disease research face challenges including privacy and dynamic updates.
Proposed Solutions (5)
Knowledge graph multimodal data integration: Knowledge graphs are presented as a computational approach for integrating multimodal data into structured semantic networks.
Ontology-based data standardization: The review covers standardized ontologies and integration strategies as the data foundation for rare disease knowledge graphs.
KG link prediction for mechanisms: The review examines use of link prediction on knowledge graphs to elucidate pathogenic mechanisms.
Semantic reasoning for clinical diagnosis: The review examines semantic reasoning over knowledge graphs to enhance clinical diagnosis.
GNN-based drug repositioning: The review examines graph neural networks for optimizing drug repositioning in rare disease research.
Results (3)
Rare disease KG application review:
Improved medical decision-making interpretability and precision:
Enhanced clinical diagnosis:
Research Domain
Rare disease research and biomedical knowledge graphs