Abstract
Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are a rare disease, but they account for 15% of all malignancies diagnosed during adolescence. The biological mechanisms underpinning their development are only starting to be explored. Current GCT treatment may be associated with significant toxicity. Therefore, there is an urgent need to understand the molecular basis of GCT and identify biomarkers to tailor the therapy for individual patients. However, this research is severely hamstrung by the rarity of GCTs in individual hospitals/institutes. A publicly available genomic data commons with GCT datasets compiled from different institutes/studies would be a valuable resource to facilitate such research. In this study, we first reviewed publicly available web portals containing GCT genomics data, focusing on comparing data availability, data access, and analysis tools, and the limitations of using these resources for GCT molecular studies. Next, we specifically designed a GCT data commons with a web portal, GCT Explorer, to assist the research community to store, manage, search, share, and analyze data. The goal of this work is to facilitate GCT molecular basis exploration and translational research.
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We acknowledge grant funding from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the National Institute of Health (5P30CA142543 and R01GM115473), and the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas [RP180805, RP110394, and RP170152].
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Ci, B. et al. (2021). Developing and Using a Data Commons for Understanding the Molecular Characteristics of Germ Cell Tumors. In: Bagrodia, A., Amatruda, J.F. (eds) Testicular Germ Cell Tumors. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2195. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0860-9_17
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