cyNeo4j: connecting Neo4j and Cytoscape.
We developed cyNeo4j, a Cytoscape App to link Cytoscape and Neo4j databases to utilize the performance and storage capacities Neo4j offers. We implemented a Neo4j NetworkAnalyzer, ForceAtlas2 layout and Cypher component to demonstrate the possibilities a distributed setup of Cytoscape and Neo4j have.


METHODS
The app is available from the Cytoscape App Store at http://apps.cytoscape.org/apps/cyneo4j, the Neo4j plugins at www.github.com/gsummer/cyneo4j-parent and the community and commercial editions of Neo4j can be found at http://www.neo4j.com.


BACKGROUND
georg.summer@gmail.com.
Center for Heart Failure Research, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, TNO, Zeist, The Netherlands.
Georg
G
Summer
EdgeLeap B.V., Utrecht, The Netherlands and.
Thomas
T
Kelder
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Keiichiro
K
Ono
EdgeLeap B.V., Utrecht, The Netherlands and.
Marijana
M
Radonjic
Center for Heart Failure Research, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Stephane
S
Heymans
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Barry
B
Demchak
D000465:Algorithms; D016208:Databases, Factual; D012984:Software