PADB : Published Association Database

Background: Although molecular pathway information and the International HapMap Project data can help biomedical researchers to investigate the aetiology of complex diseases more effectively, such information is missing or insufficient in current genetic association databases. In addition, only a few of the environmental risk factors are included as gene-environment interactions, and the risk measures of associations are not indexed in any association databases. Description: We have developed a published association database (PADB; http:// www.medclue.com/padb) that includes both the genetic associations and the environmental risk factors available in PubMed database. Each genetic risk factor is linked to a molecular pathway and the HapMap database through human gene symbols identified in the abstracts. And the risk measures such as odds ratios or hazard ratios are extracted automatically from the s when available. Thus, users can review the association data sorted by the risk measure...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Hwanseok Rhee, Jin-Sung Lee
• Keywords: Association Databases, BMCBI 2007, Genetic Association, Molecular Pathways