- Version Number and Release Date: 1.4 July 2012
- Primary audience: Researchers and bioinformaticians
- caBIG® Tool Bundle: Life Sciences Distribution
- Grid Enabled? No
- Compatibility Level: Under review
- Installation Level: Intermediate - technical assistance may be required, download may require supporting infrastructure or software
- System Requirements: Refer to the System Requirements section.
Tool Overview
caIntegrator is a web-based software application that allows researchers to set up custom, caBIG®-compatible web portals to conduct integrative research, with no programming experience required. These portals bring together heterogeneous clinical, microarray and medical imaging data to enrich multidisciplinary research.Using caIntegrator, researchers can execute, save and share queries to identify and collect many types of data, combining clinical information with genetic and genomic data to enable multidimensional analysis.
caIntegrator uses caGrid analytical services such as GenePattern and BioConductor to perform analysis on the integrated study data, including clinical survival data. caIntegrator leverages the Cancer Data Standards Registry and Repository (caDSR) to map experimental data to well-defined datatypes and uses caGrid and Java client APIs to access data from caBIG® applications such as caArray and the National Biomedical Imaging Archive (NBIA). caIntegrator is also integrated with caBIO to perform queries on genes and pathways. caIntegrator has visualization capabilities for copyNumber and Expression data. It integrates well with Heatmap viewer and Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV).
Installation and Downloads
Downloads and Installation Instructions
- caIntegrator Public Server: A public caIntegrator hosted by NCI is free to community. A free account will be issued upon registration.
- caIntegrator v1.4 Release Download
- caIntegrator Demo Data Download and Instructions for Use
- caIntegrator 1.4 Local Installation Guide
- caIntegrator 1.4 Release Notes
System Requirements
caIntegrator is an open-source, web-based J2EE Java application employing Spring, Struts 2 and Hibernate technologies. Full installation requires installation of JBoss 4.0.5; MySQL 5.0.45; ANT (Apache); JDK 1.5.
GitHub Repositories
caIntegrator GitHub Repository
caIntegrator docs GitHub Repository
caIntegrator data GitHub Repository
Forum and Support for caIntegrator
- caIntegrator Project Management
- caIntegrator GForge Project
- End User Forum
- Developer Forum
- caIntegrator users Listserv
- Report a Defect or Request a Feature at caIntegrator GForge Community Tracker
- Application Support
Documentation
- Refer to caIntegrator Documentation.
- Online Help is available in the application.
- No training materials are available. Refer to Presentations, Demos and Other Materials for an overview and demo.
What's New
For news and events, visit What's new for caIntegrator.
Twenty-three (23) citations were added to caIntegrator Citations.
Presentations, Demos and Other Materials
- caIntegrator Demos
- caIntegrator overview at the AACR 2011 Annual Meeting
- caIntegrator Brochure
- Overview and Demo of caIntegrator Slides and Screencast (make sure your speakers are on to play audio)
- Use Study Screencast (applicable up to caIntegrator2 1.0.1) (make sure your speakers are on to play audio)
- Deploy study Screencast (applicable up to caIntegrator2 1.0.1) (make sure your speakers are on to play audio)
caIntegrator Knowledge Base
caIntegrator FAQ and In-depth Articles - Find the answers to the most frequently asked questions; understand how caIntegrator works.
If you still don't know if caIntegrator is for you, refer to the caIntegrator Case Studies to see examples of how caIntegrator could be used in different scenarios.
Each institution could have its own unique setting and requirements. Visit caIntegrator Success Stories and share your success or even not so successful a story here. Your input will help others.
Refer to the caIntegrator Citations for a list of articles about caIntegrator.
Open-source development
Integration with other tools - caArray
caIntegrator currently only works with caArray 2.3.x and 2.4.x. Therefore, please make sure that the version of the caArray instance from which caInt2 retrieves data from is 2.3.0 and above.