title: Mouse model phenotypes provide information about human drug targets.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Methods for computational drug target identification use information from diverse information sources to predict or prioritize drug targets for known drugs. One set of resources that has been relatively neglected for drug repurposing is animal model phenotype.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We investigate the use of mouse model phenotypes for drug target identification. To achieve this goal, we first integrate mouse model phenotypes and drug effects, and then systematically compare the phenotypic similarity between mouse models and drug effect profiles. We find a high similarity between phenotypes resulting from loss-of-function mutations and drug effects resulting from the inhibition of a protein through a drug action, and demonstrate how this approach can be used to suggest candidate drug targets.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis code and supplementary data files are available on the project Web site at https://drugeffects.googlecode.com.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Aberystwyth, Old College, King Street, Aberystwyth SY23 2AX, Department of Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and School of Computer Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada and Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoehndorf
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiebert
authors.forename: Nigel W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Paul N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.forename: Georgios V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Gkoutos
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dumontier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004008:Diclofenac / Q000494:pharmacology; D058492:Drug Repositioning / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D023421:Models, Animal; D010641:Phenotype; D011506:Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins; D004008:Diclofenac