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PreMedKB: an integrated precision medicine knowledgebase for interpreting relationships between diseases, genes,
Ying Yu1, Yunjin Wang1, Zhaojie Xia2
1State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences and Shanghai Cancer Hospital/Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
Abstract:
One important aspect of precision medicine aims to deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right dose at the right time based on the unique 'omics' features of each individual patient, thus maximizing drug efficacy and minimizing adverse drug reactions. However, fragmentation and heterogeneity of available data makes it challenging to readily obtain first-hand information regarding some particular diseases, drugs, genes and variants of interest. Therefore, we developed the Precision Medicine Knowledgebase (PreMedKB) by seamlessly integrating the four fundamental components of precision medicine: diseases, genes, variants and drugs. PreMedKB allows for search of comprehensive information within each of the four components, the relationships between any two or more components, and importantly, the interpretation of the clinical meanings of a patient's genetic variants. PreMedKB is an efficient and user-friendly tool to assist researchers, clinicians or patients in interpreting a patient's genetic profile in terms of discovering potential pathogenic variants, recommending therapeutic regimens, designing panels for genetic testing kits, and matching patients for clinical trials. PreMedKB is freely accessible and available at http://www.fudan-pgx.org/premedkb/index.html#/home.
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