SurfaceomeDB: a cancer-orientated database for genes encoding cell surface proteins.

Cancer immunity 2012

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Cell surface proteins (CSPs) are excellent targets for the development of diagnostic and therapeutic reagents, and it is estimated that 10-20% of all genes in the human genome encode CSPs. In an effort to integrate all data publicly available for genes encoding cell surface proteins, a database (SurfaceomeDB) was developed. SurfaceomeDB is a gene-centered portal containing different types of information, including annotation for gene expression, protein domains, somatic mutations in cancer, and protein-protein interactions for all human genes encoding CSPs. SurfaceomeDB was implemented as an integrative and relational database in a user-friendly web interface, where users can search for gene name, gene annotation, or keywords. There is also a streamlined graphical representation of all data provided and links to the most important data repositories and databases, such as NCBI, UCSC Genome Browser, and EBI.

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Jorge Estefano Santana de Souza, Pedro Alexandre Favoretto Galante, Renan Valieris Bueno de Almeida, Julia Pinheiro Chagas da Cunha, Daniel Takatori Ohara, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Lloyd J Old, Sandro José de Souza. SurfaceomeDB: a cancer-orientated database for genes encoding cell surface proteins. Cancer immunity. 2012;12:15