StemChecker
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DescriptionA web-based tool to discover and explore stemness signatures in gene sets
Homepagehttp://stemchecker.sysbiolab.eu
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StemChecker: a web-based tool to discover and explore stemness signatures in gene sets
José P. Pinto; Ravi K. Kalathur; Daniel V. Oliveira; Tânia Barata; Rui S.R. Machado; Susana Machado; Ivette Pacheco-Leyva; Isabel Duarte; Matthias E. Futschik
StemChecker Stem cells present unique regenerative abilities, offering great potential for treatment of prevalent pathologies such as diabetes, neurodegenerative and heart diseases. Various research groups dedicated significant effort to identify sets of genes—so-called stemness signatures—considered essential to define stem cells. However, their usage has been hindered by the lack of comprehensive resources and easy-to-use tools. For this we developed , a novel stemness analysis tool, based on the curation of nearly fifty published stemness signatures defined by gene expression, RNAi screens, Transcription Factor (TF) binding sites, literature reviews and computational approaches. allows researchers to explore the presence of stemness signatures in user-defined gene sets, without carrying-out lengthy literature curation or data processing. To assist in exploring underlying regulatory mechanisms, we collected over 80 target gene sets of TFs associated with pluri- or multipotency. StemChecker presents an intuitive graphical display, as well as detailed statistical results in table format, which helps revealing transcriptionally regulatory programs, indicating the putative involvement of stemness-associated processes in diseases like cancer. Overall, substantially expands the available repertoire of online tools, designed to assist the stem cell biology, developmental biology, regenerative medicine and human disease research community. is freely accessible at http://stemchecker.sysbiolab.eu.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv529
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