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BIOCHIMIE
Volume 187, Issue -, Pages 121-130Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.05.004
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microRNA; Computational tools; miRNA-target prediction; False-positive predictions
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Contemporary computational miRNA-target prediction tools are essential in identifying potential targets for miRNAs, but they often generate numerous false-positive predictions. The lack of a standardized approach and satisfactory sensitivity, specificity, and overall efficiency in single tools calls for a systematic combination of selective online tools to develop an effective prediction scheme for miRNA-target identification.
Contemporary computational microRNA(miRNA)-target prediction tools have been playing a vital role in pursuing putative targets for a solitary miRNA or a group of miRNAs. These tools utilise a set of prob-abilistic algorithms, machine learning techniques and analyse experimentally validated miRNA targets to identify the potential miRNA-target pairs. Unfortunately, current tools generate a huge number of false-positive predictions. A standardized approach with a single tool or a combination of tools is still lacking. Moreover, sensitivity, specificity and overall efficiency of any single tool are yet to be satisfactory. Therefore, a systematic combination of selective online tools combining the factors regarding miRNA-target identification would be valuable as an miRNA-target prediction scheme. The focus of this study was to develop a theoretical framework by combining six available online tools to facilitate the current understanding of miRNA-target identification. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. and Soci & eacute;t & eacute; Fran & ccedil;aise de Biochimie et Biologie Mol & eacute;culaire (SFBBM). All rights reserved.
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