Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Human Factors and Behavioral Neurobiology
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
1-12-2021
Abstract/Description
There has long been an interest in understanding how the hazards from spaceflight may trigger or exacerbate human diseases. With the goal of advancing our knowledge on physiological changes during space travel, NASA GeneLab provides an open-source repository of multi-omics data from real and simulated spaceflight studies. Alone, this data enables identification of biological changes during spaceflight, but cannot infer how that may impact an astronaut at the phenotypic level. To bridge this gap, Scalable Precision Medicine Oriented Knowledge Engine (SPOKE), a heterogeneous knowledge graph connecting biological and clinical data from over 30 databases, was used in combination with GeneLab transcriptomic data from six studies. This integration identified critical symptoms and physiological changes incurred during spaceflight.
Publication Title
Life (Basel)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/life11010042
Publisher
MDPI
Grant or Award Name
NSF_2033569
Scholarly Commons Citation
Nelson, C.A.; Acuna, A.U.; Paul, A.M.; Scott, R.T.; Butte, A.J.; Cekanaviciute, E.; Baranzini, S.E.; Costes, S.V. Knowledge Network Embedding of Transcriptomic Data from Spaceflown Mice Uncovers Signs and Symptoms Associated with Terrestrial Diseases. Life 2021, 11, 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11010042
Additional Information
Dr. Paul was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.