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Variant Ranker: a web-tool to rank genomic data according to functional significance

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Bioinformatics, July 2017
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Title
Variant Ranker: a web-tool to rank genomic data according to functional significance
Published in
BMC Bioinformatics, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12859-017-1752-3
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Authors

John Alexander, Dimitris Mantzaris, Marianthi Georgitsi, Petros Drineas, Peristera Paschou

Abstract

The increasing volume and complexity of high-throughput genomic data make analysis and prioritization of variants difficult for researchers with limited bioinformatics skills. Variant Ranker allows researchers to rank identified variants and determine the most confident variants for experimental validation. We describe Variant Ranker, a user-friendly simple web-based tool for ranking, filtering and annotation of coding and non-coding variants. Variant Ranker facilitates the identification of causal variants based on novelty, effect and annotation information. The algorithm implements and aggregates multiple prediction algorithm scores, conservation scores, allelic frequencies, clinical information and additional open-source annotations using accessible databases via ANNOVAR. The available information for a variant is transformed into user-specified weights, which are in turn encoded into the ranking algorithm. Through its different modules, users can (i) rank a list of variants (ii) perform genotype filtering for case-control samples (iii) filter large amounts of high-throughput data based on user custom filter requirements and apply different models of inheritance (iv) perform downstream functional enrichment analysis through network visualization. Using networks, users can identify clusters of genes that belong to multiple ontology categories (like pathways, gene ontology, disease categories) and therefore expedite scientific discoveries. We demonstrate the utility of Variant Ranker to identify causal genes using real and synthetic datasets. Our results indicate that Variant Ranker exhibits excellent performance by correctly identifying and ranking the candidate genes CONCLUSIONS: Variant Ranker is a freely available web server on http://paschou-lab.mbg.duth.gr/Software.html . This tool will enable users to prioritise potentially causal variants and is applicable to a wide range of sequencing data.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 53 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 17%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Student > Master 5 9%
Professor 3 6%
Other 9 17%
Unknown 9 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 32%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 17%
Computer Science 5 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 6%
Engineering 3 6%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 11 21%
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#35
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