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Additional features
In addition to the twelve sections of HPA, exploring gene and protein expression, there are various features
available at the HPA website to assist the research community, including integrated external resources, such
as Metabolic Atlas, educational material and free downloadable data.
The “Learn” section of HPA includes educational resources, including information regarding
antibody-based applications and techniques, a histology dictionary and educational 3D
videos. The dictionary is an interactive tool for free full-screen exploration of whole slide
images of normal human organs and tissues, cancer tissues and cell structures, guided with
detailed annotations of all major structural elements. Educational videos have been
produced by HPA, depicting the exploration of the human body in 3D, using antibody-based
profiling of tissues and light sheet microscopy. The movies are available at the HPA website
as well as on a YouTube channel.
Datasets used in HPA are made freely available to encourage further studies within the
research community. Access to the extensive datasets is given through the downloadable
data page of HPA, wherein 29 different downloadable files are available, containing
genome‐wide data across various assays.
History
The Human Protein Atlas program was started in 2003 and funded by the non-profit organization Knut and
Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). The main site of the project is the Royal Institute of Technology
(KTH), School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (Stockholm, Sweden).
Additionally, the project involves research groups at Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet, Chalmers
University of Technology and Lund University, as well as several present and past international
collaborations initiated with research groups in Europe, the United States, South Korea, China, and India.
Professor Mathias Uhlén is the director of the program.
The research underpinning the start of the exploration of the whole human proteome in the Human Protein
Atlas program was carried out in the late 1990s and early 2000s. A pilot study employing an affinity
proteomics strategy using affinity-purified antibodies raised against recombinant human protein fragments
was carried out for a chromosome-wide protein profiling of chromosome 21.[10] Other projects were also
carried out to establish processes for parallel and automated affinity purification of mono-specific antibodies
and their validation.[11][12]
Research
Antibodies and antigens, produced in the Human Protein Atlas workflow, are used in research projects to
study potential biomarkers in various diseases, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, diabetes,
autoimmune diseases, ovarian cancer and renal failure.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Researchers involved with Human Protein Atlas projects, are sharing protocols and method details in an
open-access group (https://www.protocols.io/groups/human-protein-atlas) on protocols.io.[19] A large effort
is put into validating the antibody reagents used for profiling of tissues and cells, and the HPA has
implemented stringent antibody validation criteria as suggested by the International Working Group for
Antibody Validation (IWGAV).[20][21][22]
Collaborations
The Human Protein Atlas program has participated in 9 EU research projects ENGAGE (http://www.eueng
age.org/index.html), PROSPECTS (http://www.prospects-fp7.eu), BIO_NMD (http://www.bio-nmd.eu),
AFFINOMICS (http://www.affinomics.org), CAGEKID (http://www.cng.fr/cagekid/), EURATRANS (htt
p://www.euratrans.eu), ITFoM (http://www.itfom.eu), DIRECT (http://www.direct-diabetes.org/index.php)
and PRIMES.
See also
Expression Atlas
The Cancer Genome Atlas
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