Bioinformatics Vol. 18 no. 2 2002
Pages 327-328
© 2002 Oxford University Press
Applications Note |
CGO: utilizing and integrating gene expression microarray data in clinical research and data management
Donna D. and Donald M. Lambert Laboratory of Myeloma Genetics and Myeloma & Transplantation Research Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Received on July 26, 2001
; revised on September 9, 2001
; accepted on September 18, 2001
Summary: Clinical GeneOrganizer (CGO) is a novel windows-based archiving, organization and data mining software for the integration of gene expression profiling in clinical medicine. The program implements various user-friendly tools and extracts data for further statistical analysis. This software was written for Affymetrix GeneChip©*.txt files, but can also be used for any other microarray-derived data. The MS-SQL server version acts as a data mart and links microarray data with clinical parameters of any other existing database and therefore represents a valuable tool for combining gene expression analysis and clinical disease characteristics.
Availability: The software is available free of charge at http://lambertlab.uams.edu
Contact: ShaughnessyJohn{at}uams.edu
Supplementary information: A snapshot of detailed program-specific table relationships and information on other programs including various cancer gene expression profiles are available on above mentioned web site.