In-silico human genomics with GeneCards

Gil Stelzer, Irina Dalah, Tsippi Stein, Yigeal Satanower, Naomi Rosen, Noam Nativ, Danit Oz-Levi, Tsviya Olender, Frida Belinky, Iris Bahir, Hagit Krug, Paul Perco (+4 others)
2011 Human Genomics  
Since 1998, the bioinformatics, systems biology, genomics and medical communities have enjoyed a synergistic relationship with the GeneCards database of human genes (http://www.genecards.org). This human gene compendium was created to help to introduce order into the increasing chaos of information flow. As a consequence of viewing details and deep links related to specific genes, users have often requested enhanced capabilities, such that, over time, GeneCards has blossomed into a suite of
more » ... s (including GeneDecks, GeneALaCart, GeneLoc, GeneNote and GeneAnnot) for a variety of analyses of both single human genes and sets thereof. In this paper, we focus on inhouse and external research activities which have been enabled, enhanced, complemented and, in some cases, motivated by GeneCards. In turn, such interactions have often inspired and propelled improvements in GeneCards. We describe here the evolution and architecture of this project, including examples of synergistic applications in diverse areas such as synthetic lethality in cancer, the annotation of genetic variations in disease, omics integration in a systems biology approach to kidney disease, and bioinformatics tools.
doi:10.1186/1479-7364-5-6-709 pmid:22155609 pmcid:PMC3525253 fatcat:szb36ui2mnbyzoup6jvadonurm