Frontiers in Oncology (Aug 2022)

GlioMarker: An integrated database for knowledge exploration of diagnostic biomarkers in gliomas

  • Zihan Ran,
  • Zihan Ran,
  • Zihan Ran,
  • Jingcheng Yang,
  • Jingcheng Yang,
  • Jingcheng Yang,
  • Yaqing Liu,
  • Yaqing Liu,
  • XiuWen Chen,
  • Zijing Ma,
  • Shaobo Wu,
  • Yechao Huang,
  • Yechao Huang,
  • Yueqiang Song,
  • Yueqiang Song,
  • Yu Gu,
  • Shuo Zhao,
  • Mengqi Fa,
  • Jiangjie Lu,
  • Qingwang Chen,
  • Qingwang Chen,
  • Zehui Cao,
  • Zehui Cao,
  • Xiaofei Li,
  • Xiaofei Li,
  • Shanyue Sun,
  • Shanyue Sun,
  • Tao Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.792055
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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Gliomas are the most frequent malignant and aggressive tumors in the central nervous system. Early and effective diagnosis of glioma using diagnostic biomarkers can prolong patients’ lives and aid in the development of new personalized treatments. Therefore, a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the diagnostic biomarkers in gliomas is of great significance. To this end, we developed the integrated and web-based database GlioMarker (http://gliomarker.prophetdb.org/), the first comprehensive database for knowledge exploration of glioma diagnostic biomarkers. In GlioMarker, accurate information on 406 glioma diagnostic biomarkers from 1559 publications was manually extracted, including biomarker descriptions, clinical information, associated literature, experimental records, associated diseases, statistical indicators, etc. Importantly, we integrated many external resources to provide clinicians and researchers with the capability to further explore knowledge on these diagnostic biomarkers based on three aspects. (1) Obtain more ontology annotations of the biomarker. (2) Identify the relationship between any two or more components of diseases, drugs, genes, and variants to explore the knowledge related to precision medicine. (3) Explore the clinical application value of a specific diagnostic biomarker through online analysis of genomic and expression data from glioma cohort studies. GlioMarker provides a powerful, practical, and user-friendly web-based tool that may serve as a specialized platform for clinicians and researchers by providing rapid and comprehensive knowledge of glioma diagnostic biomarkers to subsequently facilitates high-quality research and applications.

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