Drug discovery methods
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1. A computer system for evaluating user-supplied genomics data, the system comprising:
- a computer comprising a structured database to store and access genomics information, wherein the structured database comprises stored genomics information, wherein the computer permits the computation of complex relationships among genes and/or gene products found within the genomics information;
wherein the computer is configured to;
(a) define one or more profile models based on one or more profile definition criteria;
(b) pre-generate a profile library by building a collection of profiles according to the profile models using the genomics information stored in the structured database;
(c) receive the user-supplied genomics data;
(d) identify one or more overlapped profiles from the profile library that overlap with at least a portion of the user-supplied genomics data;
(e) determine, for each of the one or more overlapped profiles, whether the overlap is statistically significant, wherein the determination permits all profiles to be compared in relative terms against each other; and
(f) analyze one or more statistically significant overlapped profiles together with the user-supplied genomics data including inspection of database-asserted biological interactions embodied in the one or more statistically significant overlapped profiles;
wherein the computer system is a stand alone computer, a multicomponent computer, or a networked computer, and wherein the computer system further comprises hardware for electronically searching the structured database.
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Abstract
Method for identifying disease-related pathways that can used to identify discovery targets, to identify new uses for known drugs, to identify markers for drug response, and related purposes.
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1. A computer system for evaluating user-supplied genomics data, the system comprising:
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a computer comprising a structured database to store and access genomics information, wherein the structured database comprises stored genomics information, wherein the computer permits the computation of complex relationships among genes and/or gene products found within the genomics information; wherein the computer is configured to; (a) define one or more profile models based on one or more profile definition criteria; (b) pre-generate a profile library by building a collection of profiles according to the profile models using the genomics information stored in the structured database; (c) receive the user-supplied genomics data; (d) identify one or more overlapped profiles from the profile library that overlap with at least a portion of the user-supplied genomics data; (e) determine, for each of the one or more overlapped profiles, whether the overlap is statistically significant, wherein the determination permits all profiles to be compared in relative terms against each other; and (f) analyze one or more statistically significant overlapped profiles together with the user-supplied genomics data including inspection of database-asserted biological interactions embodied in the one or more statistically significant overlapped profiles; wherein the computer system is a stand alone computer, a multicomponent computer, or a networked computer, and wherein the computer system further comprises hardware for electronically searching the structured database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer system for evaluating user-supplied genomics data, the system comprising:
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a computer comprising a structured database to store and access genomics information, wherein the computer permits the computation of complex relationships among genes and/or gene products found within the genomics information wherein the computer is configured to; (a) define a profile model based on one or more profile definition criteria; (b) build a collection of profiles according to the profile model using the genomics information stored in the structured database, wherein each profile comprises a subset of the genomics information contained in the structured database comprising information relating to genes, their DNA sequences, their mRNA, proteins expressed from said genes and the biological effects of the expressed proteins; (c) receive the user-supplied genomics data; (d) identify a plurality of overlapped profiles from the collection of profiles that comprise an overlap with at least a portion of the user-supplied genomics data and (e) rank at least a subset of the plurality of overlapped profiles, based on statistical significance of the overlap according to one or more metrics; and wherein the computer system is a stand alone computer, a multicomponent computer, or a networked computer, and wherein the computer system further comprises hardware for electronically searching the knowledge base. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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