2017
Improving genetic diagnosis in Mendelian disease with transcriptome sequencing
Cummings BB, Marshall JL, Tukiainen T, Lek M, Donkervoort S, Foley AR, Bolduc V, Waddell LB, Sandaradura SA, O’Grady G, Estrella E, Reddy HM, Zhao F, Weisburd B, Karczewski KJ, O’Donnell-Luria A, Birnbaum D, Sarkozy A, Hu Y, Gonorazky H, Claeys K, Joshi H, Bournazos A, Oates EC, Ghaoui R, Davis MR, Laing NG, Topf A, Consortium G, Kang PB, Beggs AH, North KN, Straub V, Dowling JJ, Muntoni F, Clarke NF, Cooper ST, Bönnemann CG, MacArthur DG. Improving genetic diagnosis in Mendelian disease with transcriptome sequencing. Science Translational Medicine 2017, 9 PMID: 28424332, PMCID: PMC5548421, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal5209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCollagen Type VIHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMuscular DiseasesMutationTranscriptomeConceptsTranscriptome sequencingRNA-seqCurrent diagnostic ratePrior genetic analysisTranscript level changesTriple-helical domainDeep intronic regionsWhole-genome sequencingSplice-altering variantsInterpretation of variantsRepeat motifsGenomic analysisHelical domainMendelian disease diagnosisGenetic analysisMendelian diseasesIntronic regionsSkeletal muscle samplesSequencingRare disease diagnosisIntronic mutationOverall diagnosis rateStandard diagnostic approachRare muscle disorderComplementary diagnostic tool
2016
Diagnosis and etiology of congenital muscular dystrophy: We are halfway there
O'Grady GL, Lek M, Lamande SR, Waddell L, Oates EC, Punetha J, Ghaoui R, Sandaradura SA, Best H, Kaur S, Davis M, Laing NG, Muntoni F, Hoffman E, MacArthur DG, Clarke NF, Cooper S, North K. Diagnosis and etiology of congenital muscular dystrophy: We are halfway there. Annals Of Neurology 2016, 80: 101-111. PMID: 27159402, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle biopsyImmunohistochemical analysisGenetic diagnosisCongenital muscular dystrophy patientsFirst-line toolCandidate gene sequencingCongenital myasthenic syndromeCongenital muscular dystrophyMuscular dystrophy patientsAnn NeurolMyasthenic syndromeUndiagnosed patientsCMD patientsCongenital myopathyLarge cohortProbable diagnosisPatientsGene sequencingClinical phenotypeDystrophy patientsLaminin α2BiopsyDiagnosisChromosomal microarrayCohort