Databases for multilevel biophysiology research available at Physiome.jp

• Main Authors: Yoshiyuki eAsai, Takeshi eAbe, Li eLi, Hideki eOka, Taishin eNomura, Hiroaki eKitano
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
• Series: Frontiers in Physiology
• Subjects: databases; Multilevel Models; team development; model sharing; physiome and systems biology; interoperability among databases
• Online Access: http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2015.00251/full

Physiome.jp (http://physiome.jp) is a portal site inaugurated in 2007 to support model-based research in physiome and systems biology. At Physiome.jp, several tools and databases are available to support construction of physiological, multi-hierarchical, large-scale models. There are three databases in Physiome.jp, housing mathematical models, morphological data, and time-series data. In late 2013, the site was fully renovated, and in May 2015, new functions were implemented to provide information infrastructure to support collaborative activities for developing models and performing simulations within the database framework. This article describes updates to the databases implemented since 2013, including cooperation among the three databases, interactive model browsing, user management, version management of models, management of parameter sets, and interoperability with applications.