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Linking Translational Research to Animal and Bio-Materials Resources. Animal and Bio-Materials Resources The problem with resources Limitations of current informatics support Examples of solutions Ontologies to describe resources Using ontologies to link resources with human disease.
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Linking Translational Research to Animal and Bio-Materials Resources Animal and Bio-Materials Resources • The problem with resources • Limitations of current informatics support • Examples of solutions • Ontologies to describe resources • Using ontologies to link resources with human disease
Rodent Resources • Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers (4) • Induced Mutant Resource • Special Mouse Strains Resource • Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center • Rat Resource and Research Center • Transgenic Mice With Altered Calcium Handling Resource • Biological Materials Resources • Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cell Resource • National Cell Culture Center • National Stem Cell Resource • Viper Resource Center • Yeast Genetic Stock Center NCRR Comparative Medicine Biological Resources Invertebrate Resources Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center Caenorhabditis Genetics Center National Resource for Aplysia National Resource for Cephalopods Non-human Primate Resources National Primate Research Centers (8) Baboon and Monkey Research Resources (3) Chimpanzee Biomedical Research Resources (6) Specific-Pathogen-Free Macaque Resources (4) Zebrafish International Resource Center
How can researchers find appropriate models for human disease research? Human diseases ? Biological models
Problems that impede finding animals & biological materials as models for human disease • Lack of centralized “one stop shopping” • Heterogeneous information • Multiple sites • Inconsistent search mechanisms • Inconsistent use of descriptive terms • Lack of support for synonyms
Linking Translational Research to Animal and Bio-Materials Resources Animal and Bio-Materials Resources • The problem with resources • Limitations of current informatics support • Examples of solutions • Ontologies to describe resources • Using ontologies to link resources with human disease
ZFIN: Melissa Haendel Doug Howe Erik Segerdell Sierra Taylor FlyBase: Michael Ashburner Rachel Drysdale George Gkoutos
Animal disease models: Animal models Mutant Gene Mutant or missing ProteinMutant Phenotype (disease model)
Animal disease models: Humans Animal models Mutant Gene Mutant or missing ProteinMutant Phenotype (disease) Mutant Gene Mutant or missing ProteinMutant Phenotype (disease model)
Animal disease models: Humans Animal models Mutant Gene Mutant or missing ProteinMutant Phenotype (disease) Mutant Gene Mutant or missing ProteinMutant Phenotype (disease model)
Animal disease models: Humans Animal models Mutant Gene Mutant or missing ProteinMutant Phenotype (disease) Mutant Gene Mutant or missing ProteinMutant Phenotype (disease model)
Vocabulary Animal Central nervous system Diencephalon Nervous system Photoreceptor Retina
Ontology Animal Nervous system Central nervous system Diencephalon Retina Photoreceptor
D Ontology P Nervous system Ectoderm CNS Neural plate Diencephalon P D
D Ontology P Nervous system Ectoderm CNS Neural plate Diencephalon P D
Linking Translational Research to Animal and Bio-Materials Resources Animal and Bio-Materials Resources • The problem with resources • Limitations of current informatics support • Examples of solutions • Ontologies to describe resources • Using ontologies to link resources with human disease
SHH-/+ SHH-/- shh-/+ shh-/-
Phenotype (clinical sign) = entity + attribute + value shh-/-
Phenotype (clinical sign) = entity + attribute + value P1 = eye + placement + hypoteloric shh-/-
Phenotype (clinical sign) = entity + attribute + value P1 = eye + placement + hypoteloric + P2 = midface + development hypoplastic shh-/-
Phenotype (clinical sign) = entity + attribute + value P1 = eye + placement + hypoteloric + P2 = midface + development hypoplastic + P3 = kidney + size hypertrophied shh-/-
Phenotype (clinical sign) = entity + attribute + value P1 = eye + placement + hypoteloric + P2 = midface + development hypoplastic + P3 = kidney + size hypertrophied ZFIN: eye midface kidney PATO: placement hypoteloric development hypoplastic size hypertrophied
Phenotype (clinical sign) = entity + attribute + value Anatomical ontology Cell & tissue ontology Developmental ontology Gene ontology biological process molecular function cellular component + PATO (phenotype and trait ontology)
Phenotype (clinical sign) = entity + attribute + value P1 = eye + placement + hypoteloric + P2 = midface + development hypoplastic + P3 = kidney + size hypertrophied Syndrome = P1 + P2 + P3 (disease) = holoprosencephaly
Zebrafish shh Human holo- prosencephaly Zebrafish oep
Zebrafish shh Human holo- prosencephaly Zebrafish oep
Linking Translational Research to Animal and Bio-Materials Resources Animal and Bio-Materials Resources • The problem with resources • Limitations of current informatics support • Examples of solutions • Ontologies to describe resources • Using ontologies to link resources with human disease