International Journal of Oral Science 2012;4(2):85-87

Bioinformatics advances in saliva diagnostics.

Ji-Ye AI 1 ; Barry SMITH ; David T W WONG

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Country

China

Language

English

Abstract

There is a need recognized by the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research and the National Cancer Institute to advance basic, translational and clinical saliva research. The goal of the Salivaomics Knowledge Base (SKB) is to create a data management system and web resource constructed to support human salivaomics research. To maximize the utility of the SKB for retrieval,integration and analysis of data, we have developed the Saliva Ontology and SDxMart. This article reviews the informatics advances in saliva diagnostics made possible by the Saliva Ontology and SDxMart.