A web-based data source for metabolomics

Ali Cakmak*, Arun Dsouza, Richard Hanson, Gultekin Ozsoyoglu, Meral Ozsoyoglu

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Abstract

With the development of improved and cost-effective technologies, it is now possible to detect thousands of metabolites in biofluids or specific organs, and reliably quantify their amounts. Metabolomics focuses on studying the concentrations of metabolites in a cell or a tissue. In this paper, we describe a prototype web-based metabolomics data analysis system, PathCase MAW (PathCase Metabolomics Analysis Workbench), which features (1) A web-accessible metabolic pathway database that supports online browsing and querying, and is novel in that it includes tissue and subcompartment information for pathways, and models transport processes, (2) Tissue-aware visualization support for viewing processes, pathways, or groups of pathways in PathCase MAW database, and (3) An online metabolomics data analysis tool, called Automated Consequence Prediction Tool, which allows users to upload their own observed/measured metabolite level changes, and computationally invalidates or M(aybe)-validates those biological mechanisms that produce the observed metabolite changes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2009
Pages454-459
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2009 - Guzelyurt, Cyprus
Duration: 14 Sept 200916 Sept 2009

Publication series

Name2009 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2009

Conference

Conference2009 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2009
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityGuzelyurt
Period14/09/0916/09/09

Keywords

  • Biochemical pathways
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological web databases
  • Metabolic networks
  • Metabolism
  • Metabolomics

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