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Turner CF, Pan H, Silk GW, Ardini MA, Bakalov V, Bryant S, Cantor S, Chang KY, DeLatte M, Eggers P, Ganapathi L, Lakshmikanthan S, Levy J, Li S, Pratt J, Pugh N, Qin Y, Rasooly R, Ray H, Richardson JE, Riley AF, Rogers SM, Scheper C, Tan S, White S, Cooley PC. The NIDDK Central Repository at 8 years--ambition, revision, use and impact. Database (Oxford) 2011; 2011:bar043. [PMID: 21959867 PMCID: PMC3243603 DOI: 10.1093/database/bar043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Revised: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Central Repository makes data and biospecimens from NIDDK-funded research available to the broader scientific community. It thereby facilitates: the testing of new hypotheses without new data or biospecimen collection; pooling data across several studies to increase statistical power; and informative genetic analyses using the Repository's well-curated phenotypic data. This article describes the initial database plan for the Repository and its revision using a simpler model. Among the lessons learned were the trade-offs between the complexity of a database design and the costs in time and money of implementation; the importance of integrating consent documents into the basic design; the crucial need for linkage files that associate biospecimen IDs with the masked subject IDs used in deposited data sets; and the importance of standardized procedures to test the integrity data sets prior to distribution. The Repository is currently tracking 111 ongoing NIDDK-funded studies many of which include genotype data, and it houses over 5 million biospecimens of more than 25 types including serum, plasma, stool, urine, DNA, red blood cells, buffy coat and tissue. Repository resources have supported a range of biochemical, clinical, statistical and genetic research (188 external requests for clinical data and 31 for biospecimens have been approved or are pending). Genetic research has included GWAS, validation studies, development of methods to improve statistical power of GWAS and testing of new statistical methods for genetic research. We anticipate that the future impact of the Repository's resources on biomedical research will be enhanced by (i) cross-listing of Repository biospecimens in additional searchable databases and biobank catalogs; (ii) ongoing deployment of new applications for querying the contents of the Repository; and (iii) increased harmonization of procedures, data collection strategies, questionnaires etc. across both research studies and within the vocabularies used by different repositories.
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Affiliation(s)
- Charles F. Turner
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
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- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Gregg W. Silk
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Mary-Anne Ardini
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Vesselina Bakalov
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Stephanie Bryant
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Susanna Cantor
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Kung-yen Chang
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Michael DeLatte
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Paul Eggers
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Laxminarayana Ganapathi
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Sujatha Lakshmikanthan
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Joshua Levy
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Sheping Li
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
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- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Norma Pugh
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Ying Qin
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Rebekah Rasooly
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Helen Ray
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Jean E. Richardson
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Amanda Flynn Riley
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
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- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Charlotte Scheper
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
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- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
| | - Stacie White
- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
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- RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, City University of New York (Queens College and the Graduate Center), Flushing, NY 11367, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University, Nelson Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, MD 29892, USA
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