Clust&See3.0 : clustering, module exploration and annotation

F1000Res. 2024 Nov 14:13:994. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.152711.1. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

Background: Cytoscape is an open-source software to visualize and analyze networks. However, large networks, such as protein interaction networks, are still difficult to analyze as a whole.

Methods: Here, we propose Clust&See3.0, a novel version of a Cytoscape app that has been developed to identify, visualize and manipulate network clusters and modules. It is now enriched with functionalities allowing custom annotations of nodes and computation of their statistical enrichments.

Results: As the wealth of multi-omics data is growing, such functionalities are highly valuable for a better understanding of biological module composition, as illustrated by the presented use case.

Conclusions: In summary, the originality of Clust&See3.0 lies in providing users with a complete tool for network clusters analyses: from cluster identification, visualization, node and cluster annotations to annotation statistical analyses.

Keywords: cluster annotations; clustering; functional modules; graph partitioning; interaction networks; statistical enrichment.; visualization.

MeSH terms

  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computational Biology / methods
  • Humans
  • Protein Interaction Maps
  • Software*

Grants and funding

Funding for article processing charges provided by Human Frontier Science Program grant RGP004/2023 to CB.