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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

COV2Var, a function annotation database of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variation.

Yuzhou Feng, Jiahao Yi, Lin Yang, Yanfei Wang, Jianguo Wen, Weiling Zhao, Pora Kim, Xiaobo Zhou

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Yuzhou FengDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Jiahao YiSchool of Big Health, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Lin YangDepartment of Cardiology and Laboratory of Gene Therapy for Heart Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu 610041, China.
Yanfei WangCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jianguo WenCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Weiling ZhaoCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Pora KimCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8321-6864
Xiaobo ZhouCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7191-6495

Funding

Systems Modeling Guided Bone regenerationU01AR069395 · NIAMS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI YANG, YUNZHI, ZHOU, XIAOBO · 2016 to 2021
$3.4M
Multiscale Resolution and Deep Network Approaches for Deconvolving Different Cell Types in Bulk Tumor using Single-cell Sequencing Data (scDEC)R01CA241930 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ZHOU, XIAOBO · 2019 to 2023
$2.7M
Functional annotation of new genes aided by deep learningR35GM138184 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KIM, PORA · 2020 to 2024
$1.7M
Integrative approach to studying LncRNA functionsR01GM123037 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ZHOU, XIAOBO · 2017 to 2020
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241930NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR069395NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123037NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138184NIH HHS R01GM123037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has resulted in the loss of millions of lives and severe global economic consequences. Every time SARS-CoV-2 replicates, the viruses acquire new mutations in their genomes. Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 genomes led to increased transmissibility, severe disease outcomes, evasion of the immune response, changes in clinical manifestations and reducing the efficacy of vaccines or treatments. To date, the multiple resources provide lists of detected mutations without key functional annotations. There is a lack of research examining the relationship between mutations and various factors such as disease severity, pathogenicity, patient age, patient gender, cross-species transmission, viral immune escape, immune response level, viral transmission capability, viral evolution, host adaptability, viral protein structure, viral protein function, viral protein stability and concurrent mutations. Deep understanding the relationship between mutation sites and these factors is crucial for advancing our knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 and for developing effective responses. To fill this gap, we built COV2Var, a function annotation database of SARS-CoV-2 genetic variation, available at http://biomedbdc.wchscu.cn/COV2Var/. COV2Var aims to identify common mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants and assess their effects, providing a valuable resource for intensive functional annotations of common mutations among SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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Databases, GeneticSARS-CoV-2Genetic VariationHumansMolecular Sequence AnnotationMutation

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PMID37897356
PMCPMC10767816

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