Progenetix: 12 years of oncogenomic data curation
Abstract
DNA copy number aberrations (CNAs) can be found in the majority of cancer genomes, and are crucial for understanding the potential mechanisms underlying tumor initiation and progression. Since the first release in 2001, the Progenetix project (http://www.progenetix.org) has provided a reference resource dedicated to provide the most comprehensive collection of genome-wide CNA profiles. Reflecting the application of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) techniques to tens of thousands of cancer genomes, over the past 12 years our data curation efforts have resulted in a more than 60-fold increase in the number of cancer samples presented through Progenetix. In addition, new data exploration tools and visualization options have been added. In particular, the gene specific CNA frequency analysis should facilitate the assignment of cancer genes to related cancer types. Additionally, the new user file processing interface allows users to take advantage of the online tools, including various data representation options for proprietary data pre-publication. In this update article, we report recent improvements of the database in terms of content, user interface and online tools.
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@article{arxiv.1311.2757,
title = {Progenetix: 12 years of oncogenomic data curation},
author = {Haoyang Cai and Nitin Kumar and Ni Ai and Saumya Gupta and Prisni Rath and Michael Baudis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.2757},
year = {2013}
}
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Accepted at Nucleic Acid Research (NAR 2014 database issue)