DIDA: A curated and annotated digenic diseases database.
DIDA (DIgenic diseases DAtabase) is a novel database that provides for the first time detailed information on genes and associated genetic variants involved in digenic diseases, the simplest form of oligogenic inheritance. The database is accessible via http://dida.ibsquare.be and currently includes 213 digenic combinations involved in 44 different digenic diseases. These combinations are composed of 364 distinct variants, which are distributed over 136 distinct genes. The web interface provides browsing and search functionalities, as well as documentation and help pages, general database statistics and references to the original publications from which the data have been collected. The possibility to submit novel digenic data to DIDA is also provided. Creating this new repository was essential as current databases do not allow one to retrieve detailed records regarding digenic combinations. Genes, variants, diseases and digenic combinations in DIDA are annotated with manually curated information and information mined from other online resources. Next to providing a unique resource for the development of new analysis methods, DIDA gives clinical and molecular geneticists a tool to find the most comprehensive information on the digenic nature of their diseases of interest.
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Boulevard du Triomphe CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium MLG, Département d'Informatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP 212, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Center for Medical Genetics, Reproduction and Genetics, Reproduction Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Andrea M
AM
Gazzo
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Boulevard du Triomphe CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Center for Medical Genetics, Reproduction and Genetics, Reproduction Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Dorien
D
Daneels
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Boulevard du Triomphe CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium MLG, Département d'Informatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP 212, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Elisa
E
Cilia
Center for Medical Genetics, Reproduction and Genetics, Reproduction Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Maryse
M
Bonduelle
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Boulevard du Triomphe CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Center for Medical Genetics, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Marc
M
Abramowicz
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Boulevard du Triomphe CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Center for Medical Genetics, Reproduction and Genetics, Reproduction Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium Sonia.VanDooren@uzbrussel.be.
Sonia
S
Van Dooren
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Boulevard du Triomphe CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Center for Medical Genetics, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium Genetics, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue JJ Crocq 15, 1020 Brussels, Belgium guillaume.smits@huderf.be.
Guillaume
G
Smits
Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Boulevard du Triomphe CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium MLG, Département d'Informatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP 212, 1050 Brussels, Belgium AI lab, Vakgroep Computerwetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium tlenaert@ulb.ac.be.
Tom
T
Lenaerts
D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004194:Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D020412:Multifactorial Inheritance