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Environmental factor or ecological factor or ecofactor is any factor, abiotic or biotic, that influences living organisms. Abiotic factors include ambient temperature, amount of sunlight, and pH of the water soil in which an organism lives. Biotic factors would include the availability of food organisms and the presence of conspecifics, competitors, predators, and parasites. [Source: Wikipedia]

miREnvironment

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

The interaction between genetic factors and environmental factors has critical roles in determining the phenotype of an organism. In recent years, a number of studies have reported that the dysfunctions on microRNA (miRNAs), environmental factors and their interactions have strong effects on phenotypes and even may result in abnormal phenotypes and diseases, whereas there has been no a database linking miRNAs, environmental factors and phenotypes.

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miren

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

Increasing studies have shown that the interactions between microRNAs (miRNAs) and environmental factors (EFs) play critical roles in determining phenotypes and diseases. In this study, we revealed a number of important biological insights by analyzing and modeling of miRNA-EF interactions and their relationships with human diseases. We demonstrated that the miRNA signatures of EFs could provide new information on EFs.

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PEMDAM

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in multiple biological processes and have attracted much scientific attention recently. Their expression can be altered by environmental factors (EFs), which are associated with many diseases. Identification of the phenotype-genotype relationships among miRNAs, EFs, and diseases at the network level will help us to better understand toxicology mechanisms and disease etiologies.

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LncEnvironmentDB

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

The complex traits of an organism are associated with a complex interplay between genetic factors (GFs) and environmental factors (EFs). However, compared with protein-coding genes and microRNAs, there is a paucity of computational methods and bioinformatic resource platform for understanding the associations between lncRNA and EF.

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