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ArticleHuman mutation2016

Human Variome Project Quality Assessment Criteria for Variation Databases.

Mauno Vihinen, John M Hancock, Donna R Maglott, Melissa J Landrum, Gerard C P Schaafsma, Peter Taschner

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Article in Human mutation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Global Globin Network and adopting genomic variant database requirements for thalassemia.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2024
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  5. Variation benchmark datasets: update, criteria, quality and applications.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2020
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  7. Clinical Interpretation of Genomic Variations.Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mauno VihinenDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC B13, SE-22184, Lund, Sweden.
John M HancockThe Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
Donna R MaglottNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892.
Melissa J LandrumNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892.
Gerard C P SchaafsmaDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC B13, SE-22184, Lund, Sweden.
Peter TaschnerGenerade Center of Expertise Genomics and University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 LM999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous databases containing information about DNA, RNA, and protein variations are available. Gene-specific variant databases (locus-specific variation databases, LSDBs) are typically curated and maintained for single genes or groups of genes for a certain disease(s). These databases are widely considered as the most reliable information source for a particular gene/protein/disease, but it should also be made clear they may have widely varying contents, infrastructure, and quality. Quality is very important to evaluate because these databases may affect health decision-making, research, and clinical practice. The Human Variome Project (HVP) established a Working Group for Variant Database Quality Assessment. The basic principle was to develop a simple system that nevertheless provides a good overview of the quality of a database. The HVP quality evaluation criteria that resulted are divided into four main components: data quality, technical quality, accessibility, and timeliness. This report elaborates on the developed quality criteria and how implementation of the quality scheme can be achieved. Examples are provided for the current status of the quality items in two different databases, BTKbase, an LSDB, and ClinVar, a central archive of submissions about variants and their clinical significance.

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Genetic VariationDatabases, GeneticGenome, HumanHuman Genome ProjectHumansQuality Controlcomponents of qualitydatabase qualitygenetic variationgene variant databasesHuman Variome Projectlocus-specific variation databasesLSDBquality scheme

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PMID26919176
PMCPMC6317523

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