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CSmiRTar

General information

URL: http://cosbi.ee.ncku.edu.tw/CSmiRTar
Full name: Condition-Specific miRNA Targets database
Description: CSmiRTar collects computationally predicted targets of 2588 human miRNAs and 1945 mouse miRNAs from four existing databases (miRDB, TargetScan, microRNA.org and DIANA-microT). CSmiRTar implements (i) a database filter for users to search the predicted miRNA targets supported by multiple databases, (ii) a tissue filter for users to search the miRNA targets expressed in a specific tissue, and (iii) a disease filter for users to search the miRNA targets related to a specific disease.
Year founded: 2017
Last update: 2016
Version: 1
Accessibility:
Accessible
Country/Region: China

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Data type:
RNA
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Contact information

University/Institution: National Cheng Kung University
Address: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
City: Tainan
Province/State: Taiwan
Country/Region: China
Contact name (PI/Team): Joseph T. Tseng
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): tctseng@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Publications

28704505
CSmiRTar: Condition-Specific microRNA targets database. [PMID: 28704505]
Wu WS, Tu BW, Chen TT, Hou SW, Tseng JT.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are functional RNA molecules which play important roles in the post-transcriptional regulation. miRNAs regulate their target genes by repressing translation or inducing degradation of the target genes' mRNAs. Many databases have been constructed to provide computationally predicted miRNA targets. However, they cannot provide the miRNA targets expressed in a specific tissue and related to a specific disease at the same time. Moreover, they cannot provide the common targets of multiple miRNAs and the common miRNAs of multiple genes at the same time. To solve these two problems, we construct a database called CSmiRTar (Condition-Specific miRNA Targets). CSmiRTar collects computationally predicted targets of 2588 human miRNAs and 1945 mouse miRNAs from four most widely used miRNA target prediction databases (miRDB, TargetScan, microRNA.org and DIANA-microT) and implements functional filters which allows users to search (i) a miRNA's targets expressed in a specific tissue or/and related to a specific disease, (ii) multiple miRNAs' common targets expressed in a specific tissue or/and related to a specific disease, (iii) a gene's miRNAs related to a specific disease, and (iv) multiple genes' common miRNAs related to a specific disease. We believe that CSmiRTar will be a useful database for biologists to study the molecular mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation in human or mouse. CSmiRTar is available at http://cosbi.ee.ncku.edu.tw/CSmiRTar/ or http://cosbi4.ee.ncku.edu.tw/CSmiRTar/.

PLoS One. 2017:12(7) | 17 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-13)

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All databases:
4008/6895 (41.885%)
Interaction:
741/1194 (38.023%)
4008
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16
Citations
2
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Created on: 2018-01-27
Curated by:
Lina Ma [2018-12-17]
[2018-12-04]
huma shireen [2018-04-16]
Zhaohua Li [2018-01-27]