PGDB: Statistics

PGDB (v.1.0); July 31, 2002

1. Literature Coverage

January 1st, 1970 - July 31, 2002

2. Total number of non-redundant genes and references in PGDB.

Genes	References
165	386

3. Number of genes and supporting references by category in PGDB.

Category							Number of genes	Supporting references
Category by molecular event
	Amplification
					Prostate cancer		16	45
	Mutation
				BPH*			3	5
				Prostate cancer			47	187
	Gross deletion
			Prostate cancer				24	33
	Methylation
			BPH				1	2
			Prostate cancer				27	70
	Polymorphism
				BPH			3	3
				Prostate cancer			26	85
				Prostatitis			1	3
	Over expression
					Normal prostate		3	3
					Prostate cancer		9	10
	Linkage Prostate cancer Others**
							5	23
						Normal prostate	2	2
						Prostate cancer	8	10
Category by expression
		Prostate specific gene by EST					32	-
		Prostate specific gene by SAGE					4	-

* Begin prostatic hypertrophy; ** Prostate related genes as identified by other methods such as data mining

4. Number of references by year and by molecular or genetic event.