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The Monarch Initiative in 2019: an integrative data and analytic platform connecting phenotypes to genotypes across species.


ABSTRACT: In biology and biomedicine, relating phenotypic outcomes with genetic variation and environmental factors remains a challenge: patient phenotypes may not match known diseases, candidate variants may be in genes that haven't been characterized, research organisms may not recapitulate human or veterinary diseases, environmental factors affecting disease outcomes are unknown or undocumented, and many resources must be queried to find potentially significant phenotypic associations. The Monarch Initiative (https://monarchinitiative.org) integrates information on genes, variants, genotypes, phenotypes and diseases in a variety of species, and allows powerful ontology-based search. We develop many widely adopted ontologies that together enable sophisticated computational analysis, mechanistic discovery and diagnostics of Mendelian diseases. Our algorithms and tools are widely used to identify animal models of human disease through phenotypic similarity, for differential diagnostics and to facilitate translational research. Launched in 2015, Monarch has grown with regards to data (new organisms, more sources, better modeling); new API and standards; ontologies (new Mondo unified disease ontology, improvements to ontologies such as HPO and uPheno); user interface (a redesigned website); and community development. Monarch data, algorithms and tools are being used and extended by resources such as GA4GH and NCATS Translator, among others, to aid mechanistic discovery and diagnostics.

SUBMITTER: Shefchek KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056945 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Monarch Initiative in 2019: an integrative data and analytic platform connecting phenotypes to genotypes across species.

Shefchek Kent A KA   Harris Nomi L NL   Gargano Michael M   Matentzoglu Nicolas N   Unni Deepak D   Brush Matthew M   Keith Daniel D   Conlin Tom T   Vasilevsky Nicole N   Zhang Xingmin Aaron XA   Balhoff James P JP   Babb Larry L   Bello Susan M SM   Blau Hannah H   Bradford Yvonne Y   Carbon Seth S   Carmody Leigh L   Chan Lauren E LE   Cipriani Valentina V   Cuzick Alayne A   Della Rocca Maria M   Dunn Nathan N   Essaid Shahim S   Fey Petra P   Grove Chris C   Gourdine Jean-Phillipe JP   Hamosh Ada A   Harris Midori M   Helbig Ingo I   Hoatlin Maureen M   Joachimiak Marcin M   Jupp Simon S   Lett Kenneth B KB   Lewis Suzanna E SE   McNamara Craig C   Pendlington Zoë M ZM   Pilgrim Clare C   Putman Tim T   Ravanmehr Vida V   Reese Justin J   Riggs Erin E   Robb Sofia S   Roncaglia Paola P   Seager James J   Segerdell Erik E   Similuk Morgan M   Storm Andrea L AL   Thaxon Courtney C   Thessen Anne A   Jacobsen Julius O B JOB   McMurry Julie A JA   Groza Tudor T   Köhler Sebastian S   Smedley Damian D   Robinson Peter N PN   Mungall Christopher J CJ   Haendel Melissa A MA   Munoz-Torres Monica C MC   Osumi-Sutherland David D  

Nucleic acids research 20200101 D1


In biology and biomedicine, relating phenotypic outcomes with genetic variation and environmental factors remains a challenge: patient phenotypes may not match known diseases, candidate variants may be in genes that haven't been characterized, research organisms may not recapitulate human or veterinary diseases, environmental factors affecting disease outcomes are unknown or undocumented, and many resources must be queried to find potentially significant phenotypic associations. The Monarch Init  ...[more]

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