The integrated National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium database: a rich platform for neuroHIV research

• DOI: 10.1093/database/bay134
• Publication Date: 2018-12-21T08:04:48Z
• Authors: Abigail J Heithoff; Steven A Totusek; Duc Le; Lucas Barwick; Gary Gensler; Donald R Franklin; Allison C Dye; Sanjit Pandey; Seth Sherman; Chittibabu Guda; Howard S Fox
• Keywords: Data access; Research Data

Herein we present major updates to the National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium (NNTC) database. The NNTC's ongoing multisite clinical research study was established facilitate access ante-mortem and post-mortem data, tissues biofluids for neurohuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) community. Recently, NNTC has expanded include data from central nervous system HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Effects Research (CHARTER) study. biospecimens CHARTER cohorts are available qualified researchers upon request. Data generated by requestors using returned conclusion of requestors' work, this external, experimental annotated curated in publically accessible database, thereby extending utility each case. A flexible extensible database ontology allows integration disparate sets, including external neuropsychological neuromedical testing tissue pathology neuroimaging data.