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Hunan University
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Ping Fu, Zena Cai, Ruina You, Lei Deng, Zhaoyong Li, Zhichao Miao, Yousong Peng
This study identifies 5,053 novel virus long non-coding RNAs (vlncRNAs) across 25 viral species and finds that many structurally mimic host lncRNAs, potentially acting as miRNA sponges.
Briefings in Bioinformatics · Nov 1, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics
Zena Cai, Ping Fu, Ye Qiu, Aiping Wu, Gaihua Zhang, Yirong Wang, Taijiao Jiang, Xing‐Yi Ge, Haizhen Zhu, Yousong Peng
vsRNAfinder identifies high-confidence viral small RNAs from sRNA-Seq data, outperforming existing methods in sensitivity.
Briefings in Bioinformatics · Oct 19, 2022Peer-reviewedBioinformatics
Congyu Lu, Zheng Zhang, Zena Cai, Zhaozhong Zhu, Ye Qiu, Aiping Wu, Taijiao Jiang, Heping Zheng, Yousong Peng
This paper introduces PHP, a Gaussian model for predicting hosts of prokaryotic viruses in metagenomics, achieving higher accuracy than existing methods.
BMC Biology · Jan 13, 2021Peer-reviewedBioinformatics
Zhaozhong Zhu, Yunshi Fan, Zena Cai, Zheng Zhang, Congyu Lu, Taijiao Jiang, Gaihua Zhang, Yousong Peng
The paper predicts antiviral drugs against African Swine Fever Viruses by analyzing protein-protein interactions and identifying key host proteins as potential drug targets.
PeerJ · Apr 1, 2020Peer-reviewedBioinformatics
Zheng Zhang, Zena Cai, Zhiying Tan, Congyu Lu, Gaihua Zhang, Yousong Peng
This study develops machine learning models to identify human-infecting viruses using k-mer frequency in viral genomic sequences, achieving over 90% accuracy.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2019 · PreprintBioinformatics