Comparative Toxicogenomics Database’s 20th anniversary: update 2025
2025
Comparative Toxicogenomics Database’s 20th Anniversary Update
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Evidence: high
Author Information
Author(s): Davis Allan Peter, Wiegers Thomas C, Sciaky Daniela, Barkalow Fern, Strong Melissa, Wyatt Brent, Wiegers Jolene, McMorran Roy, Abrar Sakib, Mattingly Carolyn J
Primary Institution: North Carolina State University
Conclusion
The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database has significantly expanded its data and features over the past 20 years, now providing over 94 million toxicogenomic connections.
Supporting Evidence
- CTD includes over 94 million toxicogenomic connections.
- CTD has grown to over 3.8 million manually curated direct interactions.
- CTD integrates data from over 149,000 scientific articles.
- CTD has implemented new tools to enhance curation efficiency.
- CTD Tetramers tool allows users to generate tetramers for any phenotype or disease.
Takeaway
The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database helps scientists understand how chemicals affect health by connecting lots of information about chemicals, genes, and diseases.
Methodology
The database integrates data from over 149,000 scientific articles and uses controlled vocabularies for curation.
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