Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB): A Central Electronic Resource for Locating and Integrating Mouse Tumor Pathology Data

• Published in: Veterinary pathology Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 218 - 223
• Main Authors: Begley, D. A, Krupke, D. M, Neuhauser, S. B, Richardson, J. E, Bult, C. J, Eppig, J. T, Sundberg, J. P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-01-2012
• Subjects: animal disease models; Animals; Computational Biology; Databases, Factual; Disease Models, Animal; genetics; germ cells; histopathology; Humans; information sources; Information Storage and Retrieval; Internet; Mice; neoplasms; Neoplasms - genetics; Neoplasms - pathology; Neoplasms, Experimental - genetics; Neoplasms, Experimental - pathology; User-Computer Interface; mouse; database; images; cancer; pathology; tumor
• ISSN: 0300-9858; 1544-2217
• DOI: 10.1177/0300985810395726

The Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB) is designed to provide an electronic data storage, search, and analysis system for information on mouse models of human cancer. The MTB includes data on tumor frequency and latency, strain, germ line, and somatic genetics, pathologic notations, and photomicrographs. The MTB collects data from the primary literature, other public databases, and direct submissions from the scientific community. The MTB is a community resource that provides integrated access to mouse tumor data from different scientific research areas and facilitates integration of molecular, genetic, and pathologic data. Current status of MTB, search capabilities, data types, and future enhancements are described in this article.