Exome sequencing as a tool for Mendelian disease gene discovery

MJ Bamshad, SB Ng, AW Bigham, HK Tabor… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
exome sequencing as a tool for disease gene discovery and to … how exome sequencing is
being used to identify genes that … the application of exome sequencing in clinical diagnostics …

Strategies for exome and genome sequence data analysis in disease‐gene discovery projects

PN Robinson, P Krawitz, S Mundlos - Clinical genetics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… ‐exome sequencing (WES), target capture methods are used to enrich the sequences of the
coding regions of genes … , ‘next‐generation’ sequencing of the captured fragments. Since its …

A review of whole‐exome sequencing efforts toward hereditary breast cancer susceptibility gene discovery

MR Chandler, EP Bilgili, ND Merner - Human mutation, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
gene discoverysequencing technologies can be used to search for novel high and
moderate BC risk variants, and this manuscript reviews 12 familial BC whole-exome sequencing

Exome sequencing: dual role as a discovery and diagnostic tool

CS Ku, DN Cooper, C Polychronakos… - Annals of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… difficulty in prioritizing candidate genes for diagnostic testing. Here, we explore the value of
exome sequencing as a diagnostic tool and discuss whether exome sequencing can come to …

Next-generation diagnostics and disease-gene discovery with the Exomiser

D Smedley, JOB Jacobsen, M Jäger, S Köhler… - Nature protocols, 2015 - nature.com
… -gene discovery or differential diagnostics of Mendelian disease. Exomiser comprises a suite
of algorithms for prioritizing exome sequences … it to prioritize exome sequences in a number …

Whole-exome sequencing: discovering genetic causes of orthopaedic disorders

N Paria, LA Copley, JA Herring, HKW Kim, BS Richards… - JBJS, 2013 - journals.lww.com
… -exome sequencing to identify disease-causing genes and … ; alternatively, genetic
discoveries regarding orthopaedic … -exome sequencing can begin to revolutionize our genetic

Exome sequencing for gene discovery in lethal fetal disorders–harnessing the value of extreme phenotypes

I Filges, JM Friedman - Prenatal diagnosis, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… We discuss the challenges of using whole exome sequencing for gene discovery in fetal
disorders but also point out its great potential for understanding genetic origins of disorders of …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating novel candidate gene discovery in neurogenetic disorders via whole-exome sequencing of prescreened multiplex consanguineous families

AM Alazami, N Patel, HE Shamseldin, S Anazi… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
… Our knowledge of disease genes in neurological disorders is incomplete. With the aim of …
-exome sequencing on 143 multiplex consanguineous families in whom known disease genes

Exome and genome sequencing: a revolution for the discovery and diagnosis of monogenic disorders

H Stranneheim, A Wedell - Journal of internal medicine, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… There are several examples of novel pathways discovered through exome sequencing of
patients with monogenic disorders. The discovery of ADK deficiency described above …

[HTML][HTML] Disease gene identification strategies for exome sequencing

C Gilissen, A Hoischen, HG Brunner… - European Journal of …, 2012 - nature.com
… is still limited in throughput and too costly to be applied as the main tool for disease gene
discovery, different capturing approaches have been developed to enrich the …