Prenatal diagnosis by chromosomal microarray analysis

B Levy, R Wapner - Fertility and sterility, 2018 - Elsevier
Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is performed either by array comparative genomic
hybridization or by using a single nucleotide polymorphism array. In the prenatal setting …

Human structural variation: mechanisms of chromosome rearrangements

B Weckselblatt, MK Rudd - Trends in Genetics, 2015 - cell.com
Chromosome structural variation (SV) is a normal part of variation in the human genome, but
some classes of SV can cause neurodevelopmental disorders. Analysis of the DNA …

Chromosomal microarray versus karyotyping for prenatal diagnosis

RJ Wapner, CL Martin, B Levy, BC Ballif… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Chromosomal microarray analysis has emerged as a primary diagnostic tool for
the evaluation of developmental delay and structural malformations in children. We aimed to …

The genomic landscape of balanced cytogenetic abnormalities associated with human congenital anomalies

C Redin, H Brand, RL Collins, T Kammin, E Mitchell… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Despite the clinical significance of balanced chromosomal abnormalities (BCAs), their
characterization has largely been restricted to cytogenetic resolution. We explored the …

Sequencing chromosomal abnormalities reveals neurodevelopmental loci that confer risk across diagnostic boundaries

ME Talkowski, JA Rosenfeld, I Blumenthal… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Balanced chromosomal abnormalities (BCAs) represent a relatively untapped reservoir of
single-gene disruptions in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). We sequenced BCAs in …

Towards a comprehensive structural variation map of an individual human genome

AW Pang, JR MacDonald, D Pinto, J Wei, MA Rafiq… - Genome biology, 2010 - Springer
Background Several genomes have now been sequenced, with millions of genetic variants
annotated. While significant progress has been made in mapping single nucleotide …

Use of whole-genome sequencing to diagnose a cryptic fusion oncogene

JS Welch, P Westervelt, L Ding, DE Larson, JM Klco… - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Whole-genome sequencing is becoming increasingly available for research
purposes, but it has not yet been routinely used for clinical diagnosis. Objective To …

The genetics of isolated orofacial clefts: from genotypes to subphenotypes

A Jugessur, PG Farlie, N Kilpatrick - Oral diseases, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Orofacial clefts are the most common craniofacial birth defects and one of the most common
congenital malformations in humans. They require complex multidisciplinary treatment and …

Complex reorganization and predominant non-homologous repair following chromosomal breakage in karyotypically balanced germline rearrangements and …

C Chiang, JC Jacobsen, C Ernst, C Hanscom… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
We defined the genetic landscape of balanced chromosomal rearrangements at nucleotide
resolution by sequencing 141 breakpoints from cytogenetically interpreted translocations …

WDR11, a WD protein that interacts with transcription factor EMX1, is mutated in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and Kallmann syndrome

HG Kim, JW Ahn, I Kurth, R Ullmann, HT Kim… - The American Journal of …, 2010 - cell.com
By defining the chromosomal breakpoint of a balanced t (10; 12) translocation from a subject
with Kallmann syndrome and scanning genes in its vicinity in unrelated hypogonadal …