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通过gene-based annotation 可以得到变异位点与基因之间的关系，除了与基因的关系之外，变异位点在基因组上某些特征区域的分布（比如转录因子结合区域，启动子区，增强子区等）更引人关注，这一功能通过region-based annotation 来实现。
在进行区域相关注释时，需要各种数据库，不同的特征区域对应的数据库不同。annovar支持下列多种数据库
1. 物种间保守区域
对人，小鼠，大鼠等5个脊椎动物的基因组序列进行多序列比对，然后采用phastCons软件识别在不同物种间保守的基因组区域。在识别保守区域时，软件会对每个保守区域进行打分。
第一步： 下载phastConsElements46way数据库，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb phastConsElements46way humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/phastConsElements46way.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库文件内容如下，第二列到第四列代表保守区域在基因组上的位置，第五列代表保守区域的名字，第六列代表该保守守区域的打分score值。
585 chr1 12002 12085 lod=33 343
585 chr1 12170 12232 lod=123 483
585 chr1 12594 12702 lod=219 545
585 chr1 12994 13054 lod=101 462第二步，执行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -out ex1 -dbtype phastConsElements46way ex1.avinput humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.hg19_phastConsElements46way
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_phastConsElements46way.txt ... Done with 5163775 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_phastConsElements46way, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
phastConsElements46way Score=300;Name=lod=22
phastConsElements46way Score=387;Name=lod=50
phastConsElements46way Score=420;Name=lod=68
phastConsElements46way Score=385;Name=lod=49
phastConsElements46way Score=395;Name=lod=54
phastConsElements46way Score=545;Name=lod=218第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列为基因组上保守区域的得分和名字。
2. TFBS
TFBS是Transcription factor binding site的缩写，代表转录因子结合位点。在UCSC网站上，提供了转录因子结合位点的数据库。
第一步：下载tfbsConsSites数据库，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb tfbsConsSites humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/tfbsConsSites.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库文件内容如下，第二列到第四列代表转录因子在基因组上的结合位置，第五列代表转录因子的名字
591 chr1 894640 894654 V$P300_01 842 - 1.68
591 chr1 894641 894657 V$ELK1_01 898 - 2.7
591 chr1 894644 894654 V$CETS1P54_01 971 - 2.22第二步，进行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -dbtype tfbsConsSites
ex1.avinput humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.avinput.hg19_tfbsConsSites
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_tfbsConsSites.txt ... Done with 5797266 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_tfbsConsSites, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
tfbsConsSites Score=767;Name=V$PAX5_02
tfbsConsSites Score=880;Name=V$CEBPA_01
tfbsConsSites Score=878;Name=V$FREAC3_01第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列为转录因子结合区域的得分和对应的转录因子的名字。
3. cytoband
UCSC提供了cytoband的数据库。
第一步，下载cytoBand数据库，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb cytoBand humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/cytoBand.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库文件内容如下
chr1 0 2300000 p36.33 gneg
chr1 2300000 5400000 p36.32 gpos25
chr1 5400000 7200000 p36.31 gneg
chr1 7200000 9200000 p36.23 gpos25第二步，进行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -dbtype cytoBand ex1.avinput
humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.avinput.hg19_cytoBand
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_cytoBand.txt ... Done with 862 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_cytoBand, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
cytoBand 1p36.33
cytoBand 1p36.33
cytoBand 1p36.31
cytoBand 1q23.3
cytoBand 1p31.1第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列为对应的cytoband区域的名字。
4. microRNA和snoRNA
UCSC提供了microRNA和snoRNA在基因组上的位置，叫做wgRna,通过这个数据库，可以查看变异位点是否位于microRNA和snoRNA对应的基因组区域上。
第一步，下载数据库，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb wgRna humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/wgRna.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库中文件内容如下：
585 chr1 30365 30503 hsa-mir-1302-2 0 + 0 0 miRNA
593 chr1 1102483 1102578 hsa-mir-200b 0 + 0 0 miRNA
799 chr1 28160911 28161077 ACA35 0 + 0 0 scaRna
804 chr1 28833876 28834083 U17a 0 + 0 0 HAcaBox
804 chr1 28835069 28835274 U17b 0 + 0 0 HAcaBox第二步，进行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -dbtype wgRna ex1.avinput humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.avinput.hg19_wgRna
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_wgRna.txt ... Done with 1341 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_wgRna, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
wgRna Name=hsa-mir-1302-2
wgRna Name=hsa-mir-1290
wgRna Name=HBII-420第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列为micoRNA/snoRNA的名字。
5. microRNA binding sites
UCSC给出了TargetScanHuman网站预测的microRNA结合位点。
第一步，下载targetScanS数据库，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb targetScanS humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/targetScanS.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库中文件内容如下：
591 chr1 879822 879830 SAMD11:miR-504 90 +
591 chr1 900599 900606 KLHL17:miR-299/299-3p 26 +
591 chr1 900605 900612 KLHL17:miR-124/506 7 +
591 chr1 900933 900941 KLHL17:miR-19 82 +
591 chr1 901054 901061 KLHL17:miR-137 14 +第二步，进行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -dbtype targetScanS ex1.avinput humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.avinput.hg19_targetScanS
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_targetScanS.txt ... Done with 54199 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_targetScanS, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
targetScanS Score=90;Name=SAMD11:miR-504
targetScanS Score=82;Name=KLHL17:miR-19第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列为结合区域的打分和对应的基因和microRNA的名字。
6. segmental duplications
基因组上的重复序列区域，这部分序列在比对时由于同源性，会存在比对情况不正确的情况。
第一步，下载genomicSuperDups 数据库，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb genomicSuperDups humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/genomicSuperDups.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库文件列数较多，截取了前5列，内容如下：
585 chr1 10000 87112 chr15:102446355
585 chr1 10000 20818 chr12:84886
585 chr1 10000 19844 chrY:59352887
585 chr1 10000 19844 chrX:155249881
585 chr1 10464 40733 chr2:114330297第二步，进行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -dbtype genomicSuperDups ex1.avinput humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.avinput.hg19_genomicSuperDups
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_genomicSuperDups.txt ... Done with 51599 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_genomicSuperDups, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
genomicSuperDups Score=0.905283;Name=chr1:1439902
genomicSuperDups Score=0.99612;Name=chr1:13142561
genomicSuperDups Score=0.991956;Name=chr15:102446355第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列为重复区域的名字和打分。
7. structural variants
DGV数据库中存储了基因组结构变异的信息，annovar利用这个数据库来分析变异位点是否在已发表的结构变异区间上。
第一步，下载dgvMerged数据库，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb dgvMerged humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/dgvMerged.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库文件列数较多，截取了前5列，内容如下：
9 chr1 0 2300000 nsv482937
585 chr1 10000 127330 nsv7879
585 chr1 10000 22118 dgv1n82
585 chr1 10190 10281 nsv958854
73 chr1 10376 1018704 esv2758911第二步，进行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -dbtype dgvMerged ex1.avinput humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.avinput.hg19_dgvMerged
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_dgvMerged.txt ... Done with 392583 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_dgvMerged, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
dgvMerged Name=nsv832536,nsv545407
dgvMerged Name=nsv830937,dgv235n100
dgvMerged Name=nsv1243
dgvMerged Name=nsv584699
dgvMerged Name=esv3638608第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列为DGV数据库中结构变异的ID。
8. GWAS
分析变异位点是否在之前的GWAS研究中报导过。
第一步，下载gwasCatalog数据库,命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -build hg19 -downdb gwasCatalog humandb/
NOTICE: Web-based checking to see whether ANNOVAR new version is available ... Done
NOTICE: Downloading annotation database http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/gwasCatalog.txt.gz ... Done
NOTICE: Uncompressing downloaded files
NOTICE: Finished downloading annotation files for hg19 build version, with files saved at the 'humandb' directory数据库文件列数较多，截取了前5列，内容如下：
590 chr1 780396 780397 rs141175086
591 chr1 894572 894573 rs13303010
592 chr1 1005805 1005806 rs3934834
593 chr1 1079197 1079198 rs11260603
593 chr1 1173610 1173611 rs6697886第二步，进行注释，命令如下
annotate_variation.pl -regionanno -build hg19 -dbtype gwasCatalog ex1.avinput humandb/
NOTICE: Output file is written to ex1.avinput.hg19_gwasCatalog
NOTICE: Reading annotation database humandb/hg19_gwasCatalog.txt ... Done with 75593 regions
NOTICE: Finished region-based annotation on 21 genetic variants输出文件的后缀为hg19_gwasCatalog, 在输入文件的前面新增了两列，内容如下
gwasCatalog Name=Crohn's disease
gwasCatalog Name=Chronic inflammatory diseases第一列为对应的数据库的名字，第二列与该变异位点存在关联的疾病或者形状的名字。
在region-based annotation中，相关的数据库非常多，本篇只介绍上述几个数据库，剩余的数据库在后续文章中在进行介绍。
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