A brief history of human disease genetics

M Claussnitzer, JH Cho, R Collins, NJ Cox… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A primary goal of human genetics is to identify DNA sequence variants that influence
biomedical traits, particularly those related to the onset and progression of human disease …

Interplay between chromatin marks in development and disease

SM Janssen, MC Lorincz - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAme) and histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have
important roles in transcriptional regulation. Although many reports have characterized the …

Clinical epigenomics: genome-wide DNA methylation analysis for the diagnosis of Mendelian disorders

B Sadikovic, MA Levy, J Kerkhof, E Aref-Eshghi… - Genetics in …, 2021 - nature.com
Purpose We describe the clinical implementation of genome-wide DNA methylation analysis
in rare disorders across the EpiSign diagnostic laboratory network and the assessment of …

The landscape of genetic diseases in Saudi Arabia based on the first 1000 diagnostic panels and exomes

D Monies, M Abouelhoda, M AlSayed, Z Alhassnan… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
In this study, we report the experience of the only reference clinical next-generation
sequencing lab in Saudi Arabia with the first 1000 families who span a wide-range of …

Kabuki syndrome: international consensus diagnostic criteria

MP Adam, S Banka, HT Bjornsson… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a clinically recognisable syndrome in which 70% of
patients have a pathogenic variant in KMT2D or KDM6A. Understanding the function of …

Management of functional neurological disorder

GS Gilmour, G Nielsen, T Teodoro, M Yogarajah… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a common cause of persistent and disabling
neurological symptoms. These symptoms are varied and include abnormal control of …

New diagnostic approaches for undiagnosed rare genetic diseases

T Hartley, G Lemire, KD Kernohan… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Accurate diagnosis is the cornerstone of medicine; it is essential for informed care and
promoting patient and family well-being. However, families with a rare genetic disease …

[PDF][PDF] Diagnostic utility of genome-wide DNA methylation testing in genetically unsolved individuals with suspected hereditary conditions

E Aref-Eshghi, EG Bend, S Colaiacovo… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Conventional genetic testing of individuals with neurodevelopmental presentations and
congenital anomalies (ND/CAs), ie, the analysis of sequence and copy number variants …

Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery: postnatal malleability and therapeutic prospects

JA Fahrner, HT Bjornsson - Human Molecular Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The epigenetic machinery in conjunction with the transcriptional machinery is responsible
for maintaining genome-wide chromatin states and dynamically regulating gene expression …

[PDF][PDF] Novel diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures expand and refine the epigenetic landscapes of Mendelian disorders

MA Levy, H McConkey, J Kerkhof… - Human Genetics and …, 2022 - cell.com
Overlapping clinical phenotypes and an expanding breadth and complexity of genomic
associations are a growing challenge in the diagnosis and clinical management of …