title: cisPath: an R/Bioconductor package for cloud users for visualization and management of functional protein interaction networks.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  With the burgeoning development of cloud technology and services, there are an increasing number of users who prefer cloud to run their applications. All software and associated data are hosted on the cloud, allowing users to access them via a web browser from any computer, anywhere. This paper presents cisPath, an R/Bioconductor package deployed on cloud servers for client users to visualize, manage, and share functional protein interaction networks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With this R package, users can easily integrate downloaded protein-protein interaction information from different online databases with private data to construct new and personalized interaction networks. Additional functions allow users to generate specific networks based on private databases. Since the results produced with the use of this package are in the form of web pages, cloud users can easily view and edit the network graphs via the browser, using a mouse or touch screen, without the need to download them to a local computer. This package can also be installed and run on a local desktop computer. Depending on user preference, results can be publicized or shared by uploading to a web server or cloud driver, allowing other users to directly access results via a web browser.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This package can be installed and run on a variety of platforms. Since all network views are shown in web pages, such package is particularly useful for cloud users. The easy installation and operation is an attractive quality for R beginners and users with no previous experience with cloud services.
authors.forename: Likun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Luhe
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zuohan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McNutt
authors.forename: Yuxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D060066:Protein Interaction Maps; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface