Abstract
The Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) is an NIH Common Fund program that catalogs how human cells globally respond to chemical, genetic, and disease perturbations. Resources generated by LINCS include experimental and computational methods, visualization tools, molecular and imaging data, and signatures. By assembling an integrated picture of the range of responses of human cells exposed to many perturbations, the LINCS program aims to better understand human disease and to advance the development of new therapies. Perturbations under study include drugs, genetic perturbations, tissue micro-environments, antibodies, and disease-causing mutations. Responses to perturbations are measured by transcript profiling, mass spectrometry, cell imaging, and biochemical methods, among other assays. The LINCS program focuses on cellular physiology shared among tissues and cell types relevant to an array of diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders. This Perspective describes LINCS technologies, datasets, tools, and approaches to data accessibility and reusability. The Library of Integrated Network-Based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) is an NIH Common Fund program that catalogs how human cells globally respond to chemical, genetic, and disease perturbations. Resources generated by LINCS include experimental and computational methods, visualization tools, molecular and imaging data, and signatures. By assembling an integrated picture of the range of responses of human cells exposed to many perturbations, the LINCS program aims to better understand human disease and to advance the development of new therapies. Perturbations under study include drugs, genetic perturbations, tissue micro-environments, antibodies, and disease-causing mutations. Responses to perturbations are measured by transcript profiling, mass spectrometry, cell imaging, and biochemical methods, among other assays. The LINCS program focuses on cellular physiology shared among tissues and cell types relevant to an array of diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders. This Perspective describes LINCS technologies, datasets, tools, and approaches to data accessibility and reusability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 13-24 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Cell Systems |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 24 Jan 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
Funding
The authors of this article are partially supported by NIH grants U54HL127624 (BD2K-LINCS, DCIC), U54HG008098 (DToxS), U54HL127366 (LINCS Center for Transcriptomics), U54HG008097 (LINCS PCCSE), U54NS091046 (NeuroLINCS), U54HL127365 (HMS LINCS), and U54HG008100 (MEP LINCS).
Funders | Funder number |
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National Institutes of Health | U54HL127365, U54HL127366, BD2K-LINCS, U54HG008097, U54HG008098, U54HL127624, U54HG008100 |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | U54NS091046 |
Keywords
- BD2K
- L1000
- MCF10A
- MEMA
- P100
- data integration
- lincsprogram
- lincsproject
- systems biology
- systems pharmacology