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Published in final edited form as: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2015 Feb 7;46:1–30. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.01.005

Table 2.

Public databases containing clinical or high throughput retina data sets

Database URL Description Reference
Allen Brain Atlas http://www.brain-map.org/ Public resources integrating comprehensive gene expression and anatomical data from developing or adult mouse and human brain (Hawrylycz et al., 2012; Lein et al., 2007)
BrainCloud http://braincloud.jhmi.edu/plots/ Database of temporal gene expression dynamics in the human prefrontal cortex across the lifespan (Colantuoni et al., 2011)
EyeSAGE http://neibank.nei.nih.gov/EyeSAGE/index.shtml Resource for retina, RPE and trabecular meshwork transcriptomes (Bowes Rickman et al., 2006)
Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo Public data repository of functional genomics data supporting MIAME-compliant data submissions
Gene Expression Profile Database http://www.fmi.ch/roska.data/index.php Microarray data across diverse adult mouse retinal cell types (Siegert et al., 2012)
High resolution fundus image database https://www5.cs.fau.de/research/data/fundus-images/ Database of fundus images of healthy eyes and eyes with diabetic retinopathy or glaucoma
Human Retinal Transcriptome http://oculargenomics.meei.harvard.edu/index.php/ret-trans The human retina transcriptome data generated from three normal human retinas using RNA-seq (Farkas et al., 2013)
mirNEYE http://mirneye.tigem.it Expression atlas of 221 miRNAs in the developing and adult wild type mouse eye
Mouse Retina SAGE library http://cepko.med.harvard.edu Database of gene expression profiling of developing and adult mouse retina and a few other non-ocular tissues. In situ hybridization data are also available for select genes. (Blackshaw et al., 2001; Blackshaw et al., 2004)
NEIbank http://neibank.nei.nih.gov/index.shtml Database of assembled EST data from ocular tissues of various organisms
Retina Central (WEBER) http://www.retinacentral.org/ Database of genes experimentally shown to be expressed in the retina/the retinal pigment epithelium. (Schulz et al., 2004)
Retina International http://www.retina-international.org/sci-news/databases/mutation-database/ Database of retinal diseases, mutations, animal models and disease-associated proteins
Retinal Express http://odin.mdacc.tmc.edu/RetinalExpress/ E14.5 mouse retina cDNA/EST database
RetinoBase http://alnitak.u-strasbg.fr/RetinoBase/ Microarray database generated from all publicly available retina-related gene expression profiles (Kalathur et al., 2008)
RetNet (Retinal information network) https://sph.uth.edu/retnet/ Database of genes and loci causing inherited retinal diseases
RP Gene Expression Atlas http://rpexp.tigem.it/ Collection of in situ hybridization data for retinitis pigmentosa genes in mouse and human retina
STARE (Structured analysis of retina) http://www.ces.clemson.edu/~ahoover/stare/ Database of retinal images of various clinical manifestations (Hoover and Goldbaum, 2003; Hoover et al., 1998)