Biomarker Reporting Terms Controlled Vocabulary
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BiomarkerKB Controlled Vocabulary:
Biomarker Reporting Terms Controlled Vocabulary File
Biomarker Knowledgebase Project
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Description: Controlled vocabulary of standardized terms used to describe
biomarker status, behavior, or detection in curated data entries.
Name: measured.txt
Release: 2025_07_16
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This document lists the controlled reporting terms used to describe
biomarkers in the BiomarkerKB curation system. These nouns are used
in fields like `biomarker` to standardize natural language descriptions.
These terms are classified into categories such as:
* increased
Each entry consists of the following line codes:
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Code Name Content Occurrences
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ID Identifier Reporting term Once; starts an entry
AC Accession Unique identifier (RT-xxxx) Once
DE Definition Definition/description Once; line wrapping possible
HI Hierarchy Optional; zero or more
SY Synonym Optional; zero or more
EQ Equivalent External identifier with Optional; zero or more
same meaning
EX Example Optional; zero or once
NT Notes Optional; zero or once; line
wrapping possible
// Terminator End of entry Once; ends an entry
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ID increased
AC RT-0001
DE Indicates an assessed biomarker entity level is higher than normal by
DE a clinically relevant degree.
HI abundance
EQ PATO:0002300; increased quality
EX increased IL6 level; https://biomarkerkb.org/canonical/AN6278
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ID decreased
AC RT-0002
DE Indicates an assessed biomarker entity level is lower than normal by
DE a clinically relevant degree.
HI abundance
EQ PATO:0002301; decreased quality
EX decreased albumin level; https://biomarkerkb.org/canonical/AN6351
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ID presence of
AC RT-0006
DE Indicates that the assessed entity is present.
HI presence
EX presence of rs180177132 mutation in PALB2;
EX https://biomarkerkb.org/canonical/AV9568
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ID difference
AC RT-0007
DE A statistic that is a subtraction of one quantity from another.
HI expression
EQ STATO:0000613; difference
EX differential expression of TNMD; https://biomarkerkb.org/canonical/BB1486
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