miRCancer: a microRNA–cancer association database constructed by text mining on literature

• Published in: Bioinformatics Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 638 - 644
• Main Authors: Xie, Boya, Ding, Qin, Han, Hongjin, Wu, Di
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Algorithms; Data Mining - methods; Databases, Nucleic Acid; Humans; Internet; MicroRNAs - metabolism; Neoplasms - genetics; Neoplasms - metabolism; PubMed

Motivation: Research interests in microRNAs have increased rapidly in the past decade. Many studies have showed that microRNAs have close relationships with various human cancers, and they potentially could be used as cancer indicators in diagnosis or as a suppressor for treatment purposes. There ar...