title: Web resources for pharmacogenomics.
abstract: Pharmacogenomics is the study of the impact of genetic variations or genotypes of individuals on their drug response or drug metabolism. Compared to traditional genomics research, pharmacogenomic research is more closely related to clinical practice. Pharmacogenomic discoveries may effectively assist clinicians and healthcare providers in determining the right drugs and proper dose for each patient, which can help avoid side effects or adverse reactions, and improve the drug therapy. Currently, pharmacogenomic approaches have proven their utility when it comes to the use of cardiovascular drugs, antineoplastic drugs, aromatase inhibitors, and agents used for infectious diseases. The rapid innovation in sequencing technology and genome-wide association studies has led to the development of numerous data resources and dramatically changed the landscape of pharmacogenomic research. Here we describe some of these web resources along with their names, web links, main contents, and our ratings.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai 201203, China. Electronic address: gqzhang@scbit.org.
authors.forename: Guoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Yunsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Yunchao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jia
mesh_terms: D030541:Databases, Genetic; D062313:Databases, Pharmaceutical; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010597:Pharmacogenetics
keywords: Adverse reaction; Drug response; Pharmacogenetics; Pharmacogenomics