RMDisease

RMDisease integrates computational predictions and experimental data to identify human SNPs that affect RNA modifications and associate them with disease-related epitranscriptomic alterations.


Key Features:

  • Integrated Modification Prediction: Aggregates results from 18 RNA modification prediction tools and 303,426 experimentally validated RNA modification sites.
  • Comprehensive SNP Annotation: Catalogs 202,307 human SNPs affecting eight RNA modifications: N6-methyladenosine (m6A), 5-methylcytosine (m5C), N1-methyladenosine (m1A), 5-methyluridine (m5U), pseudouridine (Ψ), N6,N6-dimethyladenosine (m6Am), 7-methylguanosine (m7G), and 2'-O-methylation (Nm), including 4,289 disease-associated variants.
  • Post-Transcriptional Regulation Annotations: Annotates affected sites with miRNA binding, RNA-binding protein interactions, and alternative splicing information.

Scientific Applications:

  • Epitranscriptomic Disease Mechanism Analysis: Links genetic variants to RNA modification changes to investigate disease mechanisms, including cancer-related pathogenesis.

Methodology:

RMDisease integrates multi-tool computational predictions with experimentally validated RNA modification datasets to systematically map SNP-associated alterations in RNA modifications and annotate their regulatory and disease associations.

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Added:
1/18/2021
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

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Publications

Chen K, Song B, Tang Y, Wei Z, Xu Q, Su J, de Magalhães JP, Rigden DJ, Meng J. RMDisease: a database of genetic variants that affect RNA modifications, with implications for epitranscriptome pathogenesis. Nucleic Acids Research. 2020;49(D1):D1396-D1404. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa790. PMID:33010174. PMCID:PMC7778951.

PMID: 33010174
PMCID: PMC7778951
Funding: - National Natural Science Foundation of China: 31671373 - XJTLU Key Program Special Fund: KSF-E-51 - Key Programme Special Fund: KSF-P-02