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) |