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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2017

MARRVEL: Integration of Human and Model Organism Genetic Resources to Facilitate Functional Annotation of the Human Genome.

Julia Wang, Rami Al-Ouran, Yanhui Hu, Seon-Young Kim, Ying-Wooi Wan, Michael F Wangler, Shinya Yamamoto, Hsiao-Tuan Chao, Aram Comjean, Stephanie E Mohr and 4 more

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Article in American journal of human genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02450851 (Clinical and Genetic Evaluation of Patients With Undiagnosed Disorders Through the Undiagnosed Diseases Network), which is not on this map. Cited by 157 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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157citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02450851 recruitingnot on this map

Clinical and Genetic Evaluation of Patients With Undiagnosed Disorders Through the Undiagnosed Diseases Network

TypeobservationalSponsorNational Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)Ran2015 to 2028Enrolled20,000ConditionsGenetic Disease
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

157 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 219 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Julia WangProgram in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, TX 77030, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Rami Al-OuranJan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yanhui HuDrosophila RNAi Screening Center, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Seon-Young KimJan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Ying-Wooi WanJan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Michael F WanglerProgram in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Shinya YamamotoProgram in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Hsiao-Tuan ChaoJan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Child Neurology, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Aram ComjeanDrosophila RNAi Screening Center, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stephanie E MohrDrosophila RNAi Screening Center, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Norbert PerrimonDrosophila RNAi Screening Center, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Zhandong LiuJan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: zhandonl@bcm.edu.
Hugo J BellenProgram in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, BCM, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: hbellen@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USTexas Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · USNeurological Research Institute · US

Funding

VectorP30CA006516 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI A. Heather Eliassen · 1985 to 2026
$330.6M
Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP)K12NS098482 · NINDS · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI SCHLAGGAR, BRADLEY L · 2016 to 2025
$26.2M
Transposon induced disruption of most Drosophila genesR01GM067858 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BELLEN, HUGO J · 2003 to 2020
$15.7M
New collections of dsRNAs and overexpression miRNA constructs to supplement RNAiR01GM067761 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI PERRIMON, NORBERT · 2003 to 2019
$15.5M
Pilot of New Technologies to Increase the Genomic Diagnosis of Undiagnosed Disease Network (UDN) PatientsU01HG007709 · NHGRI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BACINO, CARLOS A., LEE, BRENDAN · 2014 to 2022
$14.3M
Drosophila Transgenic RNAi Resource ProjectR01GM084947 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI PERRIMON, NORBERT · 2008 to 2019
$9.8M
Zebrafish CoreU54NS093793 · NINDS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BELLEN, HUGO J · 2015 to 2022
$7.5M
Expansion and characterization of the Drosophila Toolkit to study SARS-CoV-2R24OD022005 · OD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BELLEN, HUGO J · 2016 to 2023
$7.4M
A Community Zebrafish Resource for Modeling GWAS BiologyR24OD017870 · OD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GOESSLING, WOLFRAM, MACRAE, CALUM A. · 2014 to 2021
$6.3M
Mouse Neurodevelopmental Behavior CoreU54HD090255 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SAHIN, MUSTAFA · 2016 to 2020
$5.2M
Clinical Genome Wide Sequencing Core for the Undiagnosed Disease NetworkU01HG007943 · NHGRI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI WORTHEY, ELIZABETH A · 2014 to 2017
$4.1M
Imaging Mass Spectrometry for metabolome mappingR01GM120033 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LIU, ZHANDONG, MALETIC-SAVATIC, MIRJANA · 2017 to 2021
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006516NCRR NIH HHS R24 RR032668NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG007709NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG007943NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090255NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067761NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067858NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084947NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120033NIH HHS R24 OD017870NIH HHS R24 OD021997NIH HHS R24 OD022005NINDS NIH HHS K12 NS098482NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS093793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One major challenge encountered with interpreting human genetic variants is the limited understanding of the functional impact of genetic alterations on biological processes. Furthermore, there remains an unmet demand for an efficient survey of the wealth of information on human homologs in model organisms across numerous databases. To efficiently assess the large volume of publically available information, it is important to provide a concise summary of the most relevant information in a rapid user-friendly format. To this end, we created MARRVEL (model organism aggregated resources for rare variant exploration). MARRVEL is a publicly available website that integrates information from six human genetic databases and seven model organism databases. For any given variant or gene, MARRVEL displays information from OMIM, ExAC, ClinVar, Geno2MP, DGV, and DECIPHER. Importantly, it curates model organism-specific databases to concurrently display a concise summary regarding the human gene homologs in budding and fission yeast, worm, fly, fish, mouse, and rat on a single webpage. Experiment-based information on tissue expression, protein subcellular localization, biological process, and molecular function for the human gene and homologs in the seven model organisms are arranged into a concise output. Hence, rather than visiting multiple separate databases for variant and gene analysis, users can obtain important information by searching once through MARRVEL. Altogether, MARRVEL dramatically improves efficiency and accessibility to data collection and facilitates analysis of human genes and variants by cross-disciplinary integration of 18 million records available in public databases to facilitate clinical diagnosis and basic research.

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Genetic VariationGenome, HumanMolecular Sequence AnnotationSoftwareDatabases, GeneticHumansClinVarDioptExACFlyBasegenetic diseasesGeno2MPMGIrare diseasesvariants of unknown significanceZfin

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PMID28502612
PMCPMC5670038
OpenAlexW2612869942

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