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Heiko Becker

University Medical Center Freiburg

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Prioritizing DNA methylation biomarkers using graph neural networks and explainable AI

Anup Kumar, Ton Anh Do, Björn Andreas Grüning, Heiko Becker, Rolf Backofen

The paper introduces GraphMeX-plain, a graph neural network with explainable AI to prioritize disease-specific CpG sites as potential biomarkers in breast cancer and acute myeloid leukemia.

bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics