Integrating Text Mining into the Curation of Disease Maps.

An adequate visualization form is required to gain an overview and ultimately understand the complex and diverse biological mechanisms of diseases. Recently, disease maps have been introduced for this purpose. A disease map is defined as a systems biological map or model that combines metabolic, signaling, and physiological pathways to create a comprehensive overview of known disease mechanisms.

Mapping Compound Databases to Disease Maps-A MINERVA Plugin for CandActBase.

The MINERVA platform is currently the most widely used platform for visualizing and providing access to disease maps. Disease maps are systems biological maps of molecular interactions relevant in a certain disease context, where they can be used to support drug discovery. For this purpose, we extended MINERVA's own drug and chemical search using the MINERVA plugin starter kit.