Together, these results highlight how ReactomeFI-powered network analysis combined with machine learning supports scalable predictive biomarker discovery in oncology.
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Together, these results highlight how ReactomeFI-powered network analysis combined with machine learning supports scalable predictive biomarker discovery in oncology.
Features from network topology and protein disorder were used to train Random Forest and XGBoost models, generating a Biomarker Probability Score (BPS) and identifying 2,084 candidate biomarkers, including high-confidence proteins such as LCK and ERK1.
Using Reactome Functional Interaction (ReactomeFI) as a primary pathway-informed network, the authors identified enriched three-node motifs containing oncologic drug targets and intrinsically disordered proteins.
In their November 2025 NPJ Systems Biology and Applications article, “MarkerPredict: predicting clinically relevant predictive biomarkers with machine learning”, Veres et al. introduce a network-based machine learning framework to identify predictive biomarkers for targeted cancer therapies.
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React-to-Me, a domain-grounded conversational interface that enables natural language exploration of Reactome while enforcing citation traceability and avoiding speculative outputs. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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An LLM-assisted curation workflow that helps curators identify gene–pathway associations, supporting literature, and mechanistic context, with expert oversight built in.
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Preprint alert! 🚨
We’ve released two new Reactome preprints. Together, these studies show how AI can scale curation and improve accessibility without compromising accuracy or biological rigor.
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#Reactome pathway analysis identified interferon signaling as a primary target of viral microRNA activity and linked specific host genes to the biologically relevant immune pathways.
Using functional assays and mutant viruses, the authors demonstrate that these #microRNAs directly target interferon receptors and core JAK/STAT signaling components, reducing antiviral gene activation during both early and latent infection.
The Journal of #Virology article "Inhibition of type I interferon signaling is a conserved function of gamma-herpesvirus-encoded microRNAs", examines how gamma-herpesviruses from non-human primates use microRNAs to suppress type I interferon signaling.
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🎉 As of V95, Reactome is excited to announce the beta release of our redesigned Pathway Browser.
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Release News: V95 of #Reactome is live! 🎉
We have new and updated topics and pathways, including Disease pathways such as Dengue virus infection, Gene Expression, Immune System, Metabolism, and Vesicle-mediated transport.
New Reactome paper in NAR 2026 Databases Issue: doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Redesigned Angular interface
ReacFoam & entity-level visualizations
Multi-omics analysis tools
React-to-Me chatbot
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Advances like this underline how much early detection and mechanistic clarity matter in rare metabolic disease. For those examining the underlying biology of Hunter syndrome, Reactome’s pathway (reactome.org/content/deta...) provides a clear view of the disrupted iduronate-2-sulfatase process.
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Learn more about World AMR Awareness Week:
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AMR remains one of the most serious global public health threats. Continued curation is essential for supporting surveillance, target prioritization, and therapeutic development.
Which AMR-relevant proteins, mechanisms, or resistance determinants should we prioritize for annotation?
This week marks World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week.
In 2024, Reactome expanded its coverage of AMR biology with new pathway annotations. Explore our current AMR pathway set here:
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This paper shows the importance of including tissue-resident and circulating #immune cells, as well as #stromal cells, in lung #organoid chips to obtain a more realistic human in vitro model system for studying viral respiratory infections.
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Ringquist et al's September 2025 @natureportfolio.nature.com Biomedical Engineering paper, "An immune-competent lung-on-a-chip for modelling the human severe influenza infection response"
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See you all next week!
🚨 New Beta Release: Reactome Pathway Browser
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🎉 We just launched the Reactome Figma Library!
You can now drop our professionally illustrated pathway icons straight into your Figma designs — great for teaching, presentations, or science communication. All under CC BY 4.0.
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Demo video: youtu.be/xl2LfczKhGY
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🖍️ As of V94, our illustration library now includes 2,500 icons and over 200 high-level interactive pathway Illustrations: reactome.org/icon-lib
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Release News: V94 of #Reactome is live! 🎉
We have new and updated topics and pathways, including Cell Cycle, Developmental Biology, Disease, Immune System, Metabolism of proteins, and Transport of small molecules
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Reactome audits all curated refs against Retraction Watch. Of 40,000+ papers, just 70 were retracted — and all annotations reviewed or removed. A small number, but we take every one seriously. #FAIRdata #OpenScience #Reactome
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