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By contrast, conventional deep learning approaches rely purely on data-driven learning, which can limit robust model interpretability, particularly in high-dimensional settings with limited size samples. In computational biology, knowledge-guided learning has primarily leveraged network- and structural-based knowledge, leading to biologically interpretable representations and enhanced predictive performance compared to conventional approaches. However, curated biomarkers, one of the most accessible forms of biological knowledge, remain largely unexplored within knowledge-guided paradigms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this study, we propose a model-agnostic training paradigm, Biomarker-driven Explainable Prior-guided Learning (BioExPL), that can be applied to any neural networks that incorporates curated prior knowledge. BioExPL enforces neural networks to reflect curated biomarker priors in their latent representations through a novel knowledge-alignment loss. BioExPL consistently demonstrated significantly improved predictive performance and enhanced model interpretability with minimized computational overhead in simulation studies and intensive experiments on multiple cancer datasets. BioExPL not only integrates prior curated knowledge into the model but also accurately identifies unknown associated signals additionally. BioExPL is model-agnostic and domain-independent, enabling its integration into diverse neural network architectures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Availability and implementation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The open-source is publicly available at: https:\/\/github.com\/datax-lab\/BioExPL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btag411","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,24]],"date-time":"2026-07-24T11:40:00Z","timestamp":1784893200000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Knowledge-guided learning with curated prior genetic biomarkers for robust model interpretation"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Beomsu","family":"Baek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science, University of Nevada , Las Vegas, NV 89154,","place":["United 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