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Improving the diagnostic yield of exome- sequencing by predicting gene–phenotype associations using large-scale gene expression analysis

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Deelen, Patrick, van Dam, Sipko, Herkert, Johanna C., Karjalainen, Juha M., Brugge, Harm, Abbott, Kristin M., van Diemen, Cleo C., van der Zwaag, Paul A. +19 more·2019·Nature Communications

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The diagnostic yield of exome and genome sequencing remains low (8–70%), due to incomplete knowledge on the genes that cause disease. To improve this, we use RNA-seq data from 31,499 samples to predict which genes cause specific disease phenotypes, and develop GeneNetwork Assisted Diagnostic Optimization (GADO). We show that this unbiased method, which does not rely upon specific knowledge on individual genes, is effective in both identifying previously unknown disease gene associations, and flagging genes that have previously been incorrectly implicated in disease. GADO can be run on www.genenetwork.nl by supplying HPO-terms and a list of genes that contain candidate variants. Finally, applying GADO to a cohort of 61 patients for whom exome-sequencing analysis had not resulted in a genetic diagnosis, yields likely causative genes for ten cases.

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Deelen, P., van Dam, S., Herkert, J. C., Karjalainen, J. M., Brugge, H., Abbott, K. M., van Diemen, C. C., van der Zwaag, P. A., Gerkes, E. H., Zonneveld-Huijssoon, E., Boer-Bergsma, J. J., Folkertsma, P., Gillett, T., van der Velde, K. J., Kanninga, R., van den Akker, P. C., Jan, S. Z., Hoorntje, E. T., te Rijdt, W. P., Vos, Y. J., Jongbloed, J. D. H., van Ravenswaaij-Arts, C. M. A., Sinke, R., Sikkema-Raddatz, B., Kerstjens-Frederikse, W. S., Swertz, M. A., & Franke, L.
Affiliations
University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
Corresponding author
Franke, Lude
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2019-06-28
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
2837-2837
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2953983664
Cited by
138
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 2
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13.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
University of Groningen
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
Keywords
exome sequencing, diagnostic yield, genotype-phenotype correlation, RNA-seq, gene expression, disease gene discovery, Human Phenotype Ontology, candidate variants, genetic diagnosis
MeSH terms
Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Models, Genetic, Software, User-Computer Interface, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Principal Component Analysis, Databases, Nucleic Acid, Transcriptome

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