Brain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic

<b>Breakthrough</b> advances in informatics over the last decade have thoroughly influenced the field of immunology. The intermingling of machine learning with wet lab applications and clinical results has hatched the newly defined immunoinformatics society. Immunoinformatics of the cent...

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Autores principales: Ismini Papageorgiou, Daniel Bittner, Marios Nikos Psychogios, Stathis Hadjidemetriou
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fca73d55eeab4a08a0c9768c5a8b79f62021-11-25T19:07:18ZBrain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic10.3390/sym131121682073-8994https://doaj.org/article/fca73d55eeab4a08a0c9768c5a8b79f62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/11/2168https://doaj.org/toc/2073-8994<b>Breakthrough</b> advances in informatics over the last decade have thoroughly influenced the field of immunology. The intermingling of machine learning with wet lab applications and clinical results has hatched the newly defined immunoinformatics society. Immunoinformatics of the central neural system, referred to as <b>neuroimmunoinformatics (NII), investigates symmetrical and asymmetrical interactions of the brain-immune interface</b>. This interdisciplinary overview on NII is addressed to bioscientists and computer scientists. We delineate the dominating trajectories and field-shaping achievements and elaborate on future directions using bridging language and terminology. Computation, varying from linear modeling to complex deep learning approaches, fuels neuroimmunology through three core directions. Firstly, by providing big-data analysis software for high-throughput methods such as next-generation sequencing and genome-wide association studies. Secondly, by designing models for the prediction of protein morphology, functions, and symmetrical and asymmetrical protein–protein interactions. Finally, NII boosts the output of quantitative pathology by enabling the automatization of tedious processes such as cell counting, tracing, and arbor analysis. The new classification of microglia, the brain’s innate immune cells, was an NII achievement. Deep sequencing classifies microglia in “sensotypes” to accurately describe the versatility of immune responses to physiological and pathological challenges, as well as to experimental conditions such as xenografting and organoids. NII approaches complex tasks in the brain-immune interface, recognizes patterns and allows for hypothesis-free predictions with ultimate targeted individualized treatment strategies, and personalizes disease prognosis and treatment response.Ismini PapageorgiouDaniel BittnerMarios Nikos PsychogiosStathis HadjidemetriouMDPI AGarticlemachine learningimmunologybrainmicrogliabig dataMathematicsQA1-939ENSymmetry, Vol 13, Iss 2168, p 2168 (2021)
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topic machine learning
immunology
brain
microglia
big data
Mathematics
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immunology
brain
microglia
big data
Mathematics
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Ismini Papageorgiou
Daniel Bittner
Marios Nikos Psychogios
Stathis Hadjidemetriou
Brain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic
description <b>Breakthrough</b> advances in informatics over the last decade have thoroughly influenced the field of immunology. The intermingling of machine learning with wet lab applications and clinical results has hatched the newly defined immunoinformatics society. Immunoinformatics of the central neural system, referred to as <b>neuroimmunoinformatics (NII), investigates symmetrical and asymmetrical interactions of the brain-immune interface</b>. This interdisciplinary overview on NII is addressed to bioscientists and computer scientists. We delineate the dominating trajectories and field-shaping achievements and elaborate on future directions using bridging language and terminology. Computation, varying from linear modeling to complex deep learning approaches, fuels neuroimmunology through three core directions. Firstly, by providing big-data analysis software for high-throughput methods such as next-generation sequencing and genome-wide association studies. Secondly, by designing models for the prediction of protein morphology, functions, and symmetrical and asymmetrical protein–protein interactions. Finally, NII boosts the output of quantitative pathology by enabling the automatization of tedious processes such as cell counting, tracing, and arbor analysis. The new classification of microglia, the brain’s innate immune cells, was an NII achievement. Deep sequencing classifies microglia in “sensotypes” to accurately describe the versatility of immune responses to physiological and pathological challenges, as well as to experimental conditions such as xenografting and organoids. NII approaches complex tasks in the brain-immune interface, recognizes patterns and allows for hypothesis-free predictions with ultimate targeted individualized treatment strategies, and personalizes disease prognosis and treatment response.
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author Ismini Papageorgiou
Daniel Bittner
Marios Nikos Psychogios
Stathis Hadjidemetriou
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Daniel Bittner
Marios Nikos Psychogios
Stathis Hadjidemetriou
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title Brain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic
title_short Brain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic
title_full Brain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic
title_fullStr Brain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic
title_full_unstemmed Brain Immunoinformatics: A Symmetrical Link between Informatics, Wet Lab and the Clinic
title_sort brain immunoinformatics: a symmetrical link between informatics, wet lab and the clinic
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