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ArticleHuman mutation2018

ClinVar Miner: Demonstrating utility of a Web-based tool for viewing and filtering ClinVar data.

Alex Henrie, Sarah E Hemphill, Nicole Ruiz-Schultz, Brandon Cushman, Marina T DiStefano, Danielle Azzariti, Steven M Harrison, Heidi L Rehm, Karen Eilbeck

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Article in Human mutation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alex HenrieDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sarah E HemphillLaboratory for Molecular Medicine, Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Nicole Ruiz-SchultzDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Brandon CushmanLaboratory for Molecular Medicine, Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Marina T DiStefanoLaboratory for Molecular Medicine, Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Danielle AzzaritiLaboratory for Molecular Medicine, Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Steven M HarrisonLaboratory for Molecular Medicine, Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Heidi L RehmLaboratory for Molecular Medicine, Partners Healthcare Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-6025-0015
Karen EilbeckDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah.ORCID 0000-0002-0831-6427

Funding

Resource ProjectU41HG006834 · NHGRI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI REHM, HEIDI L · 2013 to 2020
$26.9M
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MEDICAL INFORMATICS TRAININGT15LM007124 · NLM · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Karen Louise Eilbeck · 1997 to 2026
$22.0M
A Knowledge Base for Clinically Relevant Genes and VariantsU01HG007437 · NHGRI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BERG, JONATHAN S, EVANS, JAMES PHILIP · 2013 to 2016
$9.0M
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG007437NHGRI NIH HHS U41 HG006834NLM NIH HHS T15 LM007124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ClinVar Miner is a Web-based suite that utilizes the data held in the National Center for Biotechnology Information's ClinVar archive. The goal is to render the data more accessible to processes pertaining to conflict resolution of variant interpretation as well as tracking details of data submission and data management for detailed variant curation. Here, we establish the use of these tools to address three separate use cases and to perform analyses across submissions. We demonstrate that the ClinVar Miner tools are an effective means to browse and consolidate data for variant submitters, curation groups, and general oversight. These tools are also relevant to the variant interpretation community in general.

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Databases, GeneticGenetic VariationGenome, HumanGenomicsHumansSoftwareclinical domain working groupClinVarexpert panelvariant archivevariant curationvariant interpretation

Identifiers

PMID29790234
PMCPMC6043391

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