Overview
+mSigSDK is a JavaScript Software Development Kit (SDK) designed to facilitate mutational signature analysis entirely within a web browser. Built to support research workflows involving mutational data, it interacts with APIs from mSigPortal and adheres to modern web standards, ensuring compatibility, scalability, and privacy.
+This SDK allows researchers to analyze patient-specific genomic data without downloading sensitive information, providing a secure and private computational environment. With mSigSDK, researchers can:
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- Visualize and compare mutational signatures. +
- Perform dimensionality reduction, hierarchical clustering, and more. +
- Extend functionality to other mutation signature ecosystems such as SIGNAL or COSMIC. +
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Features
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- In-Browser Computation: All analyses are performed client-side using the user's computational resources. +
- Modular Design: Adheres to ECMAScript ES6 standards, enabling easy integration and extension. +
- Visualizations: Supports multiple interactive visualizations via Plotly and AMCharts. +
- APIs: Seamlessly integrates with mSigPortal's REST APIs to fetch mutational signature data and metadata. +
- Data Privacy: No data is sent to external servers; all operations are secure and local. +
- Extensibility: Designed for interoperability with future APIs and datasets. +
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Quick Start
+This is all you need to do to run mSigSDK. You don't need to install anything:
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- Navigate to any website that has not blocked module loading (e.g., https://dceg.cancer.gov/). +
- Use
Fn + F12
to open your browser's developer console.
+ - Fetch the SDK by typing the following code into the console:
+mSigSDK = (await import("https://episphere.github.io/msig/main.js")).mSigSDK +
+ - Fetch some data from mSigPortal by typing the following code into the console:
+data = await mSigSDK.mSigPortal.mSigPortalData.getMutationalSpectrumData() +
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Development and Contributions
+Source Code
+The source code is hosted on GitHub: mSigSDK Repository.
+Observable Notebooks
+Explore interactive examples: Observable Notebooks.
+Contact
+Aaron Ge
+Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute.
+Email: aaron.ge@nih.gov.
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License
+This project is open-source and available under the MIT license.