HGVbaseG2P: a central genetic association database

Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Jan;37(Database issue):D797-802. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn748. Epub 2008 Oct 23.

Abstract

The Human Genome Variation database of Genotype to Phenotype information (HGVbaseG2P) is a new central database for summary-level findings produced by human genetic association studies, both large and small. Such a database is needed so that researchers have an easy way to access all the available association study data relevant to their genes, genome regions or diseases of interest. Such a depository will allow true positive signals to be more readily distinguished from false positives (type I error) that fail to consistently replicate. In this paper we describe how HGVbaseG2P has been constructed, and how its data are gathered and organized. We present a range of user-friendly but powerful website tools for searching, browsing and visualizing G2P study findings. HGVbaseG2P is available at http://www.hgvbaseg2p.org.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Graphics
  • Databases, Genetic*
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genome, Human*
  • Genome-Wide Association Study*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Phenotype
  • Software