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A Whole-Genome Analysis Framework for Effective Identification of Pathogenic Regulatory Variants in Mendelian Disease

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Smedley, Damian, Schubach, Max, Jacobsen, Julius O.B., Köhler, Sebastian, Zemojtel, Tomasz, Spielmann, Malte, Jäger, Marten, Hochheiser, Harry +8 more·2016·The American Journal of Human Genetics

Abstract

The interpretation of non-coding variants still constitutes a major challenge in the application of whole-genome sequencing in Mendelian disease, especially for single-nucleotide and other small non-coding variants. Here we present Genomiser, an analysis framework that is able not only to score the relevance of variation in the non-coding genome, but also to associate regulatory variants to specific Mendelian diseases. Genomiser scores variants through either existing methods such as CADD or a bespoke machine learning method and combines these with allele frequency, regulatory sequences, chromosomal topological domains, and phenotypic relevance to discover variants associated to specific Mendelian disorders. Overall, Genomiser is able to identify causal regulatory variants as the top candidate in 77% of simulated whole genomes, allowing effective detection and discovery of regulatory variants in Mendelian disease.

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  • Whole genome sequencing and Genomizer analysis identified APOE3ch homozygosity as the subject's most likely genetic modifier.

    “Whole genome sequencing and a Genomizer8 analysis were used to comprehensibly identify and rank all potentially significant rare and common variants, confirm the PSEN1 E280A mutation as her primary risk factor, and identify APOE3ch homozygosity as her most likely genetic modifier.”
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    “Whole genome sequencing and a Genomizer8 analysis were used to comprehensibly identify and rank all potentially significant rare and common variants, confirm the PSEN1 E280A mutation as her primary risk factor, and identify APOE3ch homozygosity as her most likely genetic modifier.”

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Smedley, D., Schubach, M., Jacobsen, J. O. B., Köhler, S., Zemojtel, T., Spielmann, M., Jäger, M., Hochheiser, H., Washington, N. L., McMurry, J. A., Haendel, M. A., Mungall, C. J., Lewis, S. E., Groza, T., Valentini, G., & Robinson, P. N.
Affiliations
  • Queen Mary University of London (GB)
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (DE)
  • Berlin-Brandenburger Centrum für Regenerative Therapien (DE)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • Garvan Institute of Medical Research (AU)
  • University of Milan (IT)
Corresponding author
Robinson, Peter N.
Venue
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-09
Volume
99
Issue
3
Pages
595-606
ISSN
0002-9297 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2510298658
Cited by
283
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 7
FWCI
25.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01EC1402B, 0313911)
  • Office of Science
  • Seventh Framework Programme (602300)
  • Basic Energy Sciences
  • National Institutes of Health (1 U54 HG006370-01)
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (57210259)
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG SP1532/2-1)
  • NIH Office of the Director (5R24OD011883)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords
regulatory variants, monogenic disorders, non-coding variants, variant interpretation, CADD, allele frequency, causal variant identification
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Algorithms, Gene Frequency, Humans, Mutation, Phenotype, Genome, Human, Open Reading Frames, Point Mutation, Genetic Diseases, Inborn, Genome-Wide Association Study

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