CSF-PR

CSF-PR aggregates quantitative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) mass spectrometry–based proteomics data from the peer-reviewed literature to support comparative analysis of protein abundances across neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.


Key Features:

  • Data aggregation: Mines peer-reviewed literature to compile mass spectrometry–based proteomics studies and extract quantitative protein data from CSF samples.
  • Disease coverage: Focuses on protein abundance data associated with multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
  • Comparative analysis: Enables comparison of protein abundances across disease groups and subcategories to reveal increases or decreases in specific proteins.
  • Visualization tools: Provides visual representations of abundance changes across diseases to aid identification of potential biomarkers and interpretation of disease mechanisms.
  • Data export: Supplies compiled quantitative proteomics data for integration into downstream analyses or publications.

Scientific Applications:

  • Biomarker discovery: Supports identification of CSF proteins with differential abundance across neurological disorders for candidate biomarkers.
  • Comparative proteomics: Facilitates cross-disease comparisons among multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease to identify shared and distinct proteomic signatures.
  • Literature synthesis and meta-analysis: Provides a curated compilation of quantitative CSF proteomics results to enable synthesis of published findings without individual study re-review.

Methodology:

Systematically mines peer-reviewed literature to extract quantitative mass spectrometry–based proteomics data from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies.

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Tool Type:
web application
Added:
11/14/2019
Last Updated:
12/17/2020

Operations

Publications

Guldbrandsen A, Farag YM, Lereim RR, Berven FS, Barsnes H. Essential Features and Use Cases of the Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteome Resource (CSF-PR). Methods in Molecular Biology. 2019. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-9706-0_25. PMID:31432427.