Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science) ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (5): 628-635.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2024.05.003

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Identification of Key Nodes of Acupoint-Disease Network Based on Motif PageRank Algorithm

Hai ZHAO1, Jiu-nan MIAO1, Xiao LIU2, Xue-long YU1   

  1. 1.School of Computer Science & Engineering,Northeastern University,Shenyang 110169,China
    2.Qi An Xin Technology Group Inc,Beijing 100096,China. Corresponding author: YU Xue-long,E-mail: 2110697@stu. neu. edu. cn.
  • Received:2023-03-05 Online:2024-05-15 Published:2024-07-31

Abstract:

Aiming at the problems of poor accuracy and narrow applicability of the existing key acupoint mining algorithms, a high specificity acupoint mining algorithm based on a 3‐node motif is proposed by introducing higher‐order interactions between multiple acupoints in the acupoint‐disease network. Comparing this algorithm with five other acupoint importance assessment algorithms in terms of resolution, network loss, and accuracy, the results show that the key acupoints identified by this algorithm have obvious destructive effects on the connectivity of the network, which indicates that the key acupoints are the core of the topology of acupoint‐disease network and have high synergistic co?operation with other acupoints. The stability of this algorithm ensures the reliability of the key acupoints. From the perspective of the network topology and the high synergy between acupoints, the key acupoints found by the algorithm can be used as the core acupoints in the acupoint network, helping researchers to explore targeted and highly effective combinations of acupoints.

Key words: acupoint, disease, motif, network, PageRank algorithm

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