MosaicBase:A Knowledgebase of Postzygotic Mosaic Variants in Noncancer Disease-related and Healthy Human Individuals
- Author:
Yang XIAOXU
1
;
Yang CHANGHONG
;
Zheng XIANING
;
Xiong LUOXING
;
Tao YUTIAN
;
Wang MENG
;
Ye Yongxin ADAM
;
Wu QIXI
;
Dou YANMEI
;
Luo JUNYU
;
Wei LIPING
;
Huang Yue AUGUST
Author Information
1. Center for Bioinformatics, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Keywords:
Postzygotic;
Mosaicism;
Noncancer;
Mutation;
MosaicBase
- From:
Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
2020;18(2):140-149
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Mosaic variants resulting from postzygotic mutations are prevalent in the human genome and play important roles in human diseases. However, except for cancer-related variants, there is no collection of postzygotic mosaic variants in noncancer disease-related and healthy individuals. Here, we present MosaicBase, a comprehensive database that includes 6698 mosaic variants related to 266 noncancer diseases and 27,991 mosaic variants identified in 422 healthy individuals. Genomic and phenotypic information of each variant was manually extracted and curated from 383 publications. MosaicBase supports the query of variants with Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) entries, genomic coordinates, gene symbols, or Entrez IDs. We also provide an integrated genome browser for users to easily access mosaic variants and their related annotations for any genomic region. By analyzing the variants collected in MosaicBase, we find that mosaic variants that directlycontribute to disease phenotype show features distinct from those of variants in individuals with mild or no phenotypes, in terms of their genomic distribution, mutation signatures, and fraction of mutant cells. MosaicBase will not only assist clinicians in genetic counseling and diagnosis but also provide a useful resource to understand the genomic baseline of postzygotic mutations in the general human population. MosaicBase is publicly available at http://mosaicbase.com/ or http://49.4.21.8:8000.
