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. 2015 Aug 5:5:12832.
doi: 10.1038/srep12832.

miRegulome: a knowledge-base of miRNA regulomics and analysis

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miRegulome: a knowledge-base of miRNA regulomics and analysis

Debmalya Barh et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

miRNAs regulate post transcriptional gene expression by targeting multiple mRNAs and hence can modulate multiple signalling pathways, biological processes, and patho-physiologies. Therefore, understanding of miRNA regulatory networks is essential in order to modulate the functions of a miRNA. The focus of several existing databases is to provide information on specific aspects of miRNA regulation. However, an integrated resource on the miRNA regulome is currently not available to facilitate the exploration and understanding of miRNA regulomics. miRegulome attempts to bridge this gap. The current version of miRegulome v1.0 provides details on the entire regulatory modules of miRNAs altered in response to chemical treatments and transcription factors, based on validated data manually curated from published literature. Modules of miRegulome (upstream regulators, downstream targets, miRNA regulated pathways, functions, diseases, etc) are hyperlinked to an appropriate external resource and are displayed visually to provide a comprehensive understanding. Four analysis tools are incorporated to identify relationships among different modules based on user specified datasets. miRegulome and its tools are helpful in understanding the biology of miRNAs and will also facilitate the discovery of biomarkers and therapeutics. With added features in upcoming releases, miRegulome will be an essential resource to the scientific community.

Availability: http://bnet.egr.vcu.edu/miRegulome.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of modules and their inter-relationships in a miRNA regulome.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Distribution of miRegulome v1.0 contents.
(A) Overall distribution of the database contents. (B) Species specific miRNA counts.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Visualization of miRNA regulome in miRegulome v1.0.
The figure represents hsa-miR-200b regulome.
Figure 4
Figure 4. The relationships among various modules of hsa-mir-200b suggest that this miRNA is a probable tumor suppressor.
Figure 5
Figure 5. Emerging molecular mechanism and correlation between obesity and diabetes as identified by miRegulome data.
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