title: The International Human Epigenome Consortium Data Portal.
abstract: The International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC) coordinates the production of reference epigenome maps through the characterization of the regulome, methylome, and transcriptome from a wide range of tissues and cell types. To define conventions ensuring the compatibility of datasets and establish an infrastructure enabling data integration, analysis, and sharing, we developed the IHEC Data Portal (http://epigenomesportal.ca/ihec). The portal provides access to >7,000 reference epigenomic datasets, generated from >600 tissues, which have been contributed by seven international consortia: ENCODE, NIH Roadmap, CEEHRC, Blueprint, DEEP, AMED-CREST, and KNIH. The portal enhances the utility of these reference maps by facilitating the discovery, visualization, analysis, download, and sharing of epigenomics data. The IHEC Data Portal is the official source to navigate through IHEC datasets and represents a strategy for unifying the distributed data produced by international research consortia.
authors.affiliation: McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bujold
authors.affiliation: Centre de Calcul Scientifique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
authors.forename: David Anderson de Lima
authors.initials: DAL
authors.lastname: Morais
authors.affiliation: Centre de Calcul Scientifique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.affiliation: McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Côté
authors.affiliation: McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.affiliation: McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.affiliation: McGill High Performance Computing Centre, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3C 1K3, Canada.
authors.forename: Kuang Chung
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Département d'Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laperle
authors.affiliation: Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
authors.forename: Alexei Nordell
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Markovits
authors.affiliation: McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada.
authors.forename: Tomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pastinen
authors.affiliation: McGill High Performance Computing Centre, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3C 1K3, Canada.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.affiliation: Centre de Calcul Scientifique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veilleux
authors.affiliation: Centre de Calcul Scientifique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada; Département d'Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada; Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5N4, Canada.
authors.forename: Pierre-Étienne
authors.initials: PÉ
authors.lastname: Jacques
authors.affiliation: McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada. Electronic address: guil.bourque@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bourque
mesh_terms: D019175:DNA Methylation; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D057890:Epigenomics; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software; D059467:Transcriptome
keywords: API; IHEC; accession; analysis; archival; dataset; epigenomics; metadata; online resource; portal; visualization