2022
A retrospective cohort analysis of the Yale pediatric genomics discovery program
Al‐Ali S, Jeffries L, Faustino EVS, Ji W, Mis E, Konstantino M, Zerillo C, Jiang Y, Spencer‐Manzon M, Bale A, Zhang H, McGlynn J, McGrath JM, Tremblay T, Brodsky NN, Lucas CL, Pierce R, Deniz E, Khokha MK, Lakhani SA. A retrospective cohort analysis of the Yale pediatric genomics discovery program. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2022, 188: 2869-2878. PMID: 35899841, PMCID: PMC9474639, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62918.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetrospective cohort analysisNext-generation sequencingCohort analysisSystem abnormalitiesImmune system abnormalitiesCardiovascular system abnormalitiesFunctional molecular analysesNovel genesPrecise molecular diagnosisClinical characteristicsFurther genetic evaluationDiscovery programsComplex patientsMultisystem diseaseDisease genesPediatric providersRare genetic diseaseNew diagnosisPhenotype relationshipsPatientsGenetic diseasesMolecular analysisDiagnosisParticipant demographicsNGS results
2018
Systematic reconstruction of autism biology from massive genetic mutation profiles
Luo W, Zhang C, Jiang YH, Brouwer CR. Systematic reconstruction of autism biology from massive genetic mutation profiles. Science Advances 2018, 4: e1701799. PMID: 29651456, PMCID: PMC5895441, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex genetic diseasesWhole-exome studiesHundreds of variantsGene functionNovel genesSubpathway levelGene groupsSame geneCanonical pathwaysPathway levelAutism-related mutationsSecond messenger systemsGenesGenetic diseasesASD biologyCAMP second messenger systemBiologyGenetic associationMutationsMultiple independent analysesMost variantsPathwayVariant levelsSynaptic functionGenetic mutation profiles
2015
Whole-exome sequencing in undiagnosed genetic diseases: interpreting 119 trios
Zhu X, Petrovski S, Xie P, Ruzzo EK, Lu YF, McSweeney KM, Ben-Zeev B, Nissenkorn A, Anikster Y, Oz-Levi D, Dhindsa RS, Hitomi Y, Schoch K, Spillmann RC, Heimer G, Marek-Yagel D, Tzadok M, Han Y, Worley G, Goldstein J, Jiang YH, Lancet D, Pras E, Shashi V, McHale D, Need AC, Goldstein DB. Whole-exome sequencing in undiagnosed genetic diseases: interpreting 119 trios. Genetics In Medicine 2015, 17: 774-781. PMID: 25590979, PMCID: PMC4791490, DOI: 10.1038/gim.2014.191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease genesWhole-exome sequencingDamaging de novo mutationsNovel bioinformatics approachNovel disease genesAppropriate bioinformatics analysisNew gene-disease associationsClinical sequence dataGene-disease associationsDisease-causing genesNovel genesIntolerant genesBioinformatics approachSequence dataBioinformatics analysisDe novo mutationsGenomic interpretationPattern of genotypesSimilar phenotypeGenesGenetic diseasesDiagnostic genotypesUndiagnosed genetic diseasesNovo mutationsCandidate genotypes