ViMIC: a database of human disease-related virus mutations, integration sites and cis-effects

Nucleic Acids Res. 2022 Jan 7;50(D1):D918-D927. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab779.

Abstract

Molecular mechanisms of virus-related diseases involve multiple factors, including viral mutation accumulation and integration of a viral genome into the host DNA. With increasing attention being paid to virus-mediated pathogenesis and the development of many useful technologies to identify virus mutations (VMs) and viral integration sites (VISs), much research on these topics is available in PubMed. However, knowledge of VMs and VISs is widely scattered in numerous published papers which lack standardization, integration and curation. To address these challenges, we built a pilot database of human disease-related Virus Mutations, Integration sites and Cis-effects (ViMIC), which specializes in three features: virus mutation sites, viral integration sites and target genes. In total, the ViMIC provides information on 31 712 VMs entries, 105 624 VISs, 16 310 viral target genes and 1 110 015 virus sequences of eight viruses in 77 human diseases obtained from the public domain. Furthermore, in ViMIC users are allowed to explore the cis-effects of virus-host interactions by surveying 78 histone modifications, binding of 1358 transcription regulators and chromatin accessibility on these VISs. We believe ViMIC will become a valuable resource for the virus research community. The database is available at http://bmtongji.cn/ViMIC/index.php.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatin / chemistry
  • Chromatin / metabolism
  • Data Mining
  • Databases, Factual*
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Histones / genetics
  • Histones / metabolism
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Mutation
  • Signal Transduction
  • Software*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Viral Proteins / genetics*
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism
  • Virus Diseases / genetics*
  • Virus Diseases / metabolism
  • Virus Diseases / pathology
  • Virus Diseases / virology
  • Virus Integration / genetics
  • Viruses / genetics*
  • Viruses / metabolism
  • Viruses / pathogenicity

Substances

  • Chromatin
  • Histones
  • Transcription Factors
  • Viral Proteins