The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database

General Information

1. The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database
2. This database stores information on how environmental toxins affect our health.
   1. "It provides manually curated information about chemical–gene/protein interactions, chemical–disease and gene–disease relationships." About CTDbase A complete list of types of data includes:
      • Chemicals
      • Diseases
      • Genes
      • Chemical-Gene Interactions
      • References
      • Gene Ontology
      • Pathways
      • Organisms
      • Batch Query
      • Exposure Studies Query
      • Exposure Details Query
   2. The data is manually curated by a team of 5 database personnel. This database has secondary data integrated from the following resources:
      • BioGRID (3.4.151 release)
      • ChemIDplus® (as of August 18, 2017)
      • DrugBank (as of August 18, 2017)
      • GO (as of August 18, 2017)
      • KEGG (as of August 18, 2017)
      • MeSH® (2016 MeSH release)
      • NCBI Gene (as of August 18, 2017)
      • NCBI Taxonomy (as of August 18, 2017)
      • PubMed® (as of August 18, 2017)
      • Reactome (as of August 18, 2017)
3. CTD is a public database maintained by a team of 10 individuals, coming from North Carolina State University (NCSU), the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), and remotely located biocurators. FAQ
4. CTD recieves funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Specific grant numbers can be found on the CTD's funding page.

General Utility

1. There are links to other databases...
2. not sure yet
3. Yes, downloading data is convenient. For example, one can download the table of diseases associated with gene W02A2.8 in several file formats. CSV, Excel, XML, and TSV files are all available to download, allowing users to choose whichever file format will work best with their favorite software. While making a specific query, data can also be downloaded in any of the following standard formats: TSV, CSV, JSON, or XML.
   

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4. User-Friendliness
5. The database is free to access for educational and research purposes only. Commercial use of this database is not allowed without prior written consent. Furthure information on access can be found on the CTD Legal Notices page.

Useful Links

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