QKDB info
QKDB is implemented with PHP5 and MySQL, running on an Apache server. We are exploring the possibility of migrating to an all XML environment, but the change, if we make it, will be transparent to users of this site.
QKDB is the result of the continuous effort of many persons over time.
Current maintainers are S. Randall Thomas and Pierre Mazière.
The following persons were previously involved: Veljko Dzodic, J.L. Boix, Sylvain Demey, Boubacar Benziane, Mostafa Bouyahyaoui
Your comments and suggestions are vigorously requested. Please send them to Randy Thomas (srthomas@ibisc.univ-evry.fr).
Number of records (today) in QKDB: 8499
Number of references (today) in QKDB: 309
| Last principal recent changes in QKDB | What kind of data is present in QKDB? | What is the interest of QKDB? |
Last principal recent changes in QKDB
- Adoption of IUPS Nomenclature for renal anatomy terms (see Kriz, W. and L. Bankir (1988). "A standard nomenclature for structures of the kidney." American Journal of Physiology Renal 254: F1-F8.) [feb. 2007]
- Counters for visitors and for content (number of references and data records in QKDB) [jan. 2007]
- indirect/secondary citations [dec. 2006]
- pagination of query results [dec. 2006]
- dedicated field for experimental conditions [dec. 2006]
- articles can be uploaded in PDF format (visible only to administrators and contributors, for reasons of copyright) [dec. 2006]
- QKDB was moved to http://physiome.ibisc.fr/qkdb/ [dec. 2006]
What kind of data is present in QKDB?
The following graphs were constructed from data in QKDB in November 2006, for presentation at the ASN meeting in San Diego. In the near future, we will add to the QKDB website the possibility of building such graphs on the web page.
QKDB currently contains more than 6000 data entries from more than 260 articles concerning 21 different species, including not only familiar species such as mouse, rat, rabbit and hamster but also several exotic species as sheep, monkey and chicken. These different data correspond to study of parameters as concentration, TF/P, GFR, permeabilities for sevreral solutes (Na+, K+…).
Graphs come from: Resources for the renal physiome Boubacar Benziane, A. Soukane, Fariza Tahi, S.R. Thomas ASN - American Society of Nephrology - 2006What is the interest of QKDB?
Thanks to data containing in QKDB we can study the evolution of one solute along the different segments of nephron. Therefore we can compare the comportment several solutes in function of one parameters and the same solute in different experimental situtations. Since QKDB posses some data (e.g, TF/P inulin) in different species, we can also compare them in different species along the nephron.
