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Cancer Type Abbreviation
Abbreviation | Cancer type | Abbreviation | Cancer type | |
1 | ADCA | Adrenocortical Cancer | BTCA | Biliary Tract Cancer |
2 | BLCA | Bladder Cancer | BNCA | Brain Cancer |
3 | BRCA | Breast Cancer | CECA | Cervical Cancer |
4 | CHOR | Chordoma | COAD | Colon Cancer |
5 | CLCA | Colorectal Cancer | ENCA | Endometrial Cancer |
6 | ESCA | Esophageal Cancer | GBCA | Gallbladder Carcinoma |
7 | GSCA | Gastric Cancer | GAST | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor |
8 | HNSC | Head and Neck Cancer | HEGI | Hemangioma |
9 | LIHC | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | KDCA | Kidney Cancer |
10 | LNCA | Larynx Cancer | LEUK | Leukemia |
11 | LICA | Liver Cancer | LUCA | Lung Cancer |
12 | LYMP | Lymphoma | MELA | Melanoma |
13 | MESO | Mesothelioma | NSCA | Neuroendocrine Neoplasia |
14 | NDCA | Neuroendocrine Neoplasia | OPSC | Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
15 | OSCA | Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma | OVCA | Ovarian Cancer |
16 | PNCA | Pancreatic Cancer | PRCA | Prostate Cancer |
17 | RETI | Retinoblastoma | SCRA | Sarcoma |
18 | SKCA | Skin Cancer | SINT | Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor |
19 | TECA | Testicular Cancer | THCA | Thyroid Cancer |
20 | TOCA | Tonsil Cancer | UTCA | Uterus Cancer |
Schematic Diagram for Cancer Location
Schematic Diagram for the location of major cancer types included in database
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Data Analysis Flowchart
All differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) in this database are curated from public resources. The following work flow demonstrates the data collection process:
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Database Search
dbDEMC allows for quick search by miRNA ID or specific cancer name from main page.
You can also make a detail search by miRNA IDs or search experiments by particular filter criteria from Search page.
Search result page
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Browse Data
Experiment Detail
MiRNA Information Page
This page delineates the detailed information for each differentially expressed miRNAs.
Detailed expression information from limma are listed.
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ID convertor
Convert miRBase old version ID to miRBase latest version ID
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Meta-profiling
You can input miRNA IDs and view the Meta-profiling heatmap
Example of Meta-profiling heatmap
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Publications
[1]Feng Xu, Yifan Wang, Yunchao Ling, et al. "dbDEMC 3.0: Functional exploration of differentially expressed miRNAs in cancers of human and model organisms". Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 2022; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gpb.2022.04.006 [2]Zhen Yang, Liangcai Wu, Anqiang Wang, et al. "dbDEMC 2.0: updated database of differentially expressed miRNAs in human cancers". Nucleic Acids Research. 2017; 45(D1):D812-D818. [3]Zhen Yang, Fei Ren, Changning Liu, et al. "dbDEMC: a database of differentially expressed miRNAs in human cancers". BMC Genomics. 2010; 11(Suppl 4): S5.About Us
This database is hosted by Computational Genetics Group, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University
Contact Us:
- 138 Medical College Road, Fenglin Campus of Fudan University,Shanghai
- Dr. Zhen Yang