Table 1.
Overview of the 11 thesauri that were generated to search Medline
| Thesaurus category | Number of keywords | Source | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesa | |||
| Human | 122 425 (24 876 genes) | NCBI's Entrez Gene Database | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez |
| Mouse | 130 759 (22 593 genes) | ” | ” |
| Rat | 73 572 (12 296 genes) | ” | ” |
| Gene Ontology (GO) | |||
| Biological processes | 3621 | Gene Ontology Database | http://www.geneontology.org |
| Molecular functions | 961 | ” | ” |
| Cellular components | 216 | ” | ” |
| Liver pathologies | 489 | Textbooks | – |
| Pathways | 817 | KEGG, Reactome, Encyclopedia of Human Genes and Metabolism DB | http://www.genome.jp/kegg/, http://www.genomeknowledge.org, http://humancyc.org |
| Diseases | 4164 | Karolinska Institutet | http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/Alphalist.html |
| Drugs | 5796 | RxList database | http://www.rxlist.com/top200.htm |
| Tissues | 1112 | ExPASy Proteomics server | http://www.expasy.org/cgi-bin/lists?tisslist.txt |
aFull gene names, gene symbols, alternative gene names/symbols.