Linking tissues to phenotypes using gene expression profiles.

ABSTRACT: Despite great biological and computational efforts to determine the genetic causes underlying human heritable diseases, approximately half (3500) of these diseases are still without an identified genetic cause. Model organism studies allow the targeted modification of the genome and can help with the identification of genetic causes for human diseases. Targeted modifications have led to a vast amount of model organism data. However, these data are scattered across different databases, preventing an integrated view and missing out on contextual information. Once we are able to combine all the existing resources, will we be able to fully understand the causes underlying a disease and how species differ. Here, we present an integrated data resource combining tissue expression with phenotypes

SUBMITTER: Oellrich A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3982582 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature