miRWalk database for miRNA-target interactions

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1182:289-305. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1062-5_25.

Abstract

miRWalk (http://mirwalk.uni-hd.de/) is a publicly available comprehensive resource, hosting the predicted as well as the experimentally validated microRNA (miRNA)-target interaction pairs. This database allows obtaining the possible miRNA-binding site predictions within the complete sequence of all known genes of three genomes (human, mouse, and rat). Moreover, it also integrates many novel features such as a comparative platform of miRNA-binding sites resulting from ten different prediction datasets, a holistic view of genetic networks of miRNA-gene pathway, and miRNA-gene-Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man disorder interactions, and unique experimentally validated information (e.g., cell lines, diseases, miRNA processing proteins). In this chapter, we describe a schematic workflow on how one can access the stored information from miRWalk and subsequently summarize its applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Databases, Nucleic Acid*
  • Humans
  • MicroRNAs / genetics*
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics

Substances

  • MicroRNAs
  • RNA, Messenger