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dc.contributor.authorShen, Junen_US
dc.contributor.authorScheffer, Déborah I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKwan, Kelvin Y.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCorey, David P.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-03T14:01:37Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.identifier.citationShen, Jun, Déborah I. Scheffer, Kelvin Y. Kwan, and David P. Corey. 2015. “SHIELD: an integrative gene expression database for inner ear research.” Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2015 (1): bav071. doi:10.1093/database/bav071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/database/bav071.en
dc.identifier.issn1758-0463en
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17820793
dc.description.abstractThe inner ear is a highly specialized mechanosensitive organ responsible for hearing and balance. Its small size and difficulty in harvesting sufficient tissue has hindered the progress of molecular studies. The protein components of mechanotransduction, the molecular biology of inner ear development and the genetic causes of many hereditary hearing and balance disorders remain largely unknown. Inner-ear gene expression data will help illuminate each of these areas. For over a decade, our laboratories and others have generated extensive sets of gene expression data for different cell types in the inner ear using various sample preparation methods and high-throughput genome-wide approaches. To facilitate the study of genes in the inner ear by efficient presentation of the accumulated data and to foster collaboration among investigators, we have developed the Shared Harvard Inner Ear Laboratory Database (SHIELD), an integrated resource that seeks to compile, organize and analyse the genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic knowledge of the inner ear. Five datasets are currently available. These datasets are combined in a relational database that integrates experimental data and annotations relevant to the inner ear. The SHIELD has a searchable web interface with two data retrieval options: viewing the gene pages online or downloading individual datasets as data tables. Each retrieved gene page shows the gene expression data and detailed gene information with hyperlinks to other online databases with up-to-date annotations. Downloadable data tables, for more convenient offline data analysis, are derived from publications and are current as of the time of publication. The SHIELD has made published and some unpublished data freely available to the public with the hope and expectation of accelerating discovery in the molecular biology of balance, hearing and deafness. Database URL: https://shield.hms.harvard.eduen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1093/database/bav071en
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4513695/pdf/en
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dc.titleSHIELD: an integrative gene expression database for inner ear researchen
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden
dc.relation.journalDatabase: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curationen
dash.depositing.authorShen, Junen_US
dc.date.available2015-08-03T14:01:37Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/database/bav071*
dash.contributor.affiliatedCorey, David
dash.contributor.affiliatedShen, Jun


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