Tag Archives: bioinformatics

Resources for Studying the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus (COVID-19): Databases and Tools

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Pharm Tao

Resources for Studying the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus (COVID-19): Databases and Tools “human coronaviruses such as …endemic human coronaviruses (HCoV) can persist on inanimate surfaces like metal, glass or plastic for up to 9 days…” From Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces … Continue reading →

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Potential Biomarkers of Obesity

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Pharm Tao

For obesity with cardiovascular diseases: Peterson, S. J., Shapiro, J. I., Thompson, E., Singh, S., Liu, L., Weingarten, J. A., … Abraham, N. G. (2019). Oxidized HDL, Adipokines, and Endothelial Dysfunction: A Potential Biomarker Profile for Cardiovascular Risk in Women … Continue reading →

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Whole Grain Cereal, Obesity, and the PI3K/Akt Pathway

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Pharm Tao

Whole grain cereal contains fibers, minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals. Whole grain cereal has been found to inhibit body weight gain and non-alcoholic fatty liver (Lee et al., 2017). Whole grain cereal could decrease the atrophy-associated factors, fat pad mass, and … Continue reading →

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Systems Biology and Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Pharm Tao

Neuropsychiatric (NP) disorders such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are the leading causes of disability around the world. However, because of their complexity, the etiology and pathophysiology of NP diseases are still mostly unknown. Such complexity may be caused by … Continue reading →

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Systems Biomarkers and Skin Diseases

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Pharm Tao

With the development of systems biology, bioinformatics, ‘omics’ studies, more and more discoveries are made in the disorders including cardiovascular diseases and cancer. However, although sometimes ignored, other common illnesses with high incidences including skin diseases also need more assessments … Continue reading →

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The Database of Biological Rhythms (DBBR)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Pharm Tao

The Database of Biological Rhythms (DBBR) The Chronobiology Portal: Chronobiology, Chronotherapy, Circadian Rhythms, and More Journals about Biological Rhythms and Chronobiology   Biological Rhythm Research Chronobiology International Journal of Biological Rhythms Journal of Chronotherapy and Drug Delivery Journal of Circadian … Continue reading →

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Bioinformatics Databases and Tools for the Discovery of Proteomic and Pathway Biomarkers

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Pharm Tao

BioLayout (http://www.biolayout.org/) Feature: “For the visualization and analysis of network graphs” Cytoscape (http://www.cytoscape.org/) Feature: “Network visualization” E-Cell (http://www.e-cell.org/) Feature: Computational models GelBank (http://gelbank.anl.gov/) Feature: “comparison of 2DE patterns in the context of proteome sequence queries” Gene Ontology (http://www.geneontology.org/) Feature: “Standardizing … Continue reading →

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Bioinformatics Resources for MicroRNA (miRNA) Studies and Biomarker Discovery

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Pharm Tao

CircuitsDB (http://biocluster.di.unito.it/circuits/) Feature: “MicroRNA / Transcription Factor Regulatory Circuits in Human and Mouse” deepBase (http://deepbase.sysu.edu.cn/) Feature: “For annotating and discovering small and long ncRNAs” Gene Expression Omnibus database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/) Feature: “The miRNA expression profile” HOCTARdb (http://hoctar.tigem.it/) Feature: “microRNA target prediction” … Continue reading →

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The Applications and Combination of Bioinformatics, Medical informatics, and Neuroinformatics

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Pharm Tao

The Applications and Combination of Bioinformatics, Medical informatics, and Neuroinformatics   Mental disorders and other brain disorders such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and visual impairments may account for at least one third of the worldwide burden of diseases (Wittchen et … Continue reading →

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Neuroinformatics: An Introduction

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Pharm Tao

Neuroinformatics: An Introduction The challenges in neuroinformatics   Challenges in making neuroinformatics databases and tools (Morse, 2008) The variety in spatial scales Various data types Traditional bioinformatics concentrates on Genomic and proteomic data Sequences (DNA, RNA, and protein molecules) Development … Continue reading →

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