2024
Genetics of liver disease in adults
Konkwo C, Chowdhury S, Vilarinho S. Genetics of liver disease in adults. Hepatology Communications 2024, 8: e0408. PMID: 38551385, PMCID: PMC10984672, DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansLiver DiseasesPrecision MedicineConceptsInterpretation of genetic variationNext-generation sequencing technologiesIncorporation of genomic informationSomatic genetic variantsGenomic informationSequencing technologiesHuman genomeLiver diseaseGenetic variationGenetic variantsImprove patient careMonogenic diseasesProtective allelesPersonalized medicinePatient careManagement of patientsChronic liver diseaseContribution of riskHealth problemsAnnual deathsGlobal health problemHepatology practiceGenomeEstimated 2Alleles
2019
MitoMatters Targeted next generation sequencing identifies novel pathogenic variants and provides molecular diagnoses in a cohort of pediatric and adult patients with unexplained mitochondrial dysfunction
Nogueira C, Silva L, Pereira C, Vieira L, Leão Teles E, Rodrigues E, Campos T, Janeiro P, Gaspar A, Dupont J, Bandeira A, Martins E, Magalhães M, Sequeira S, Vieira JP, Santos H, Vilarinho S, Vilarinho L. MitoMatters Targeted next generation sequencing identifies novel pathogenic variants and provides molecular diagnoses in a cohort of pediatric and adult patients with unexplained mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrion 2019, 47: 309-317. PMID: 30831263, DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2019.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleGenome, MitochondrialHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedMitochondrial DiseasesMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesSequence Analysis, DNAConceptsMitochondrial diseaseWhole mitochondrial genomeNext-generation sequencing strategyMitochondrial genomePathogenic variantsCustom gene panelSequencing strategyMitochondrial dysfunctionMolecular analysisMutational landscapeNGS strategyNovel pathogenic variantsPhenotypic heterogeneityEffective therapeutic optionHigh diagnostic yieldGene panelMolecular diagnosisVariantsAdult patientsGenomeTherapeutic optionsUnknown significanceDiagnostic yield