ExomiRHub: A comprehensive database for hosting and analyzing human disease-related extracellular microRNA transcriptomics data

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Title: ExomiRHub: A comprehensive database for hosting and analyzing human disease-related extracellular microRNA transcriptomics data
Authors: Yang Liu, Zhuochao Min, Jing Mo, Zhen Ju, Jianliang Chen, Weiling Liang, Lantian Zhang, Hanguang Li, Godfrey Chi-Fung Chan, Yanjie Wei, Wenliang Zhang
Source: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Vol 23, Iss , Pp 3104-3116 (2024)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Biotechnology
Subject Terms: MiRNA, Extracellular vesicle, Exosome, Cancer, Liquid biopsy, Biotechnology, TP248.13-248.65
More Details: Extracellular microRNA (miRNA) expression data generated by different laboratories exhibit heterogeneity, which poses challenges for biologists without bioinformatics expertise. To address this, we introduce ExomiRHub (http://www.biomedical-web.com/exomirhub/), a user-friendly database designed for biologists. This database incorporates 191 human extracellular miRNA expression datasets associated with 112 disease phenotypes, 62 treatments, and 24 genotypes, encompassing 29,198 and 23 sample types. ExomiRHub also integrates 16,012 miRNA transcriptomes of 156 cancer subtypes from The Cancer Genome Atlas. All the data in ExomiRHub were further standardized and curated with annotations. The platform offers 25 analytical functions, including differential expression, co-expression, Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis (WGCNA), feature selection, and functional enrichment, enabling users to select samples, define groups, and customize parameters for analyses. Moreover, ExomiRHub provides a web service that allows biologists to analyze their uploaded miRNA expression data. Four additional tools were developed to evaluate the functions and targets of miRNAs and miRNA variations. Through ExomiRHub, we identified extracellular miRNA biomarkers associated with angiogenesis for monitoring glioma progression, demonstrating its potential to significantly accelerate the discovery of extracellular miRNA biomarkers.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2001-0370
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037024002599; https://doaj.org/toc/2001-0370
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.07.024
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/30e82a00de4c441f8db64428b749dd2d
Accession Number: edsdoj.30e82a00de4c441f8db64428b749dd2d
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20010370
DOI:10.1016/j.csbj.2024.07.024
Published in:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Language:English