CellMiner: A database tool for the NCI-60 cancer cell lines

Uma T. Shankavaram, Sudhir Varma, David Kane, Margot Sunshine, Krishna Chary, William C. Reinhold, John N. Weinstein

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Abstract

CellMiner is a web-accessible relational database tool that organizes, navigates, and integrates multiple types of molecular profile data on the NCI-60 cell line panel at the t DNA, RNA, protein, and small-molecule levels. The database was developed using high throughput molecular profile t expression arrays on the NCI-60 cancer cell lines generated by our lab and collaborators. Annotations for each project t and associated metadata at the sample and platform level are stored in a MySQL relational database and are linked to array hybridization data. Data can be queried and downloaded through a web browser. A Data Intersection tool i that selects data for those genes that are common between s two or more datasets simplifies integromic analysis of multiple platforms. Each dataset download includes a file r describing the experimental and analytic methods for the s dataset in publication-level detail. In addition to its role as an integrative resource for the NCI-60, the CellMiner package also serves as a shell for incorporation of molecular profile data on other cell types. Currently included are multiple molecular data sets on DU145 prostate cancer cell line and t RC0.1, a topoisomerase 1-resistant derivative of DU145 cell line. CellMiner provides biologists and biomedical scientists with a flexible, focused database tool for access to diverse i molecular profile information and detailed annotations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOCOMP 2008
Pages315-323
Number of pages9
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOCOMP 2008 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: Jul 14 2008Jul 17 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOCOMP 2008

Other

Other2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, BIOCOMP 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period7/14/087/17/08

Keywords

  • Cancer cell lines
  • Data integration
  • Database
  • NCI-60
  • Web application

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics

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