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The Chinchilla Research Resource Database: resource for an otolaryngology disease model. Database (Oxford) 2016;2016

Date

05/14/2016

Pubmed ID

27173523

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4865329

DOI

10.1093/database/baw073

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85016147668 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   18 Citations

Abstract

The long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) is an established animal model for diseases of the inner and middle ear, among others. In particular, chinchilla is commonly used to study diseases involving viral and bacterial pathogens and polymicrobial infections of the upper respiratory tract and the ear, such as otitis media. The value of the chinchilla as a model for human diseases prompted the sequencing of its genome in 2012 and the more recent development of the Chinchilla Research Resource Database (http://crrd.mcw.edu) to provide investigators with easy access to relevant datasets and software tools to enhance their research. The Chinchilla Research Resource Database contains a complete catalog of genes for chinchilla and, for comparative purposes, human. Chinchilla genes can be viewed in the context of their genomic scaffold positions using the JBrowse genome browser. In contrast to the corresponding records at NCBI, individual gene reports at CRRD include functional annotations for Disease, Gene Ontology (GO) Biological Process, GO Molecular Function, GO Cellular Component and Pathway assigned to chinchilla genes based on annotations from the corresponding human orthologs. Data can be retrieved via keyword and gene-specific searches. Lists of genes with similar functional attributes can be assembled by leveraging the hierarchical structure of the Disease, GO and Pathway vocabularies through the Ontology Search and Browser tool. Such lists can then be further analyzed for commonalities using the Gene Annotator (GA) Tool. All data in the Chinchilla Research Resource Database is freely accessible and downloadable via the CRRD FTP site or using the download functions available in the search and analysis tools. The Chinchilla Research Resource Database is a rich resource for researchers using, or considering the use of, chinchilla as a model for human disease.Database URL: http://crrd.mcw.edu.

Author List

Shimoyama M, Smith JR, De Pons J, Tutaj M, Khampang P, Hong W, Erbe CB, Ehrlich GD, Bakaletz LO, Kerschner JE

Author

Wenzhou Hong DVM, PhD Assistant Professor in the Otolaryngology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Chinchilla
Databases, Genetic
Disease Models, Animal
Internet
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
User-Computer Interface