[HTML][HTML] Genetics of mitochondrial diseases: Identifying mutations to help diagnosis

SL Stenton, H Prokisch - EBioMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
Mitochondrial diseases are amongst the most genetically and phenotypically diverse groups
of inherited diseases. The vast phenotypic overlap with other disease entities together with …

Recent advances in understanding the molecular genetic basis of mitochondrial disease

K Thompson, JJ Collier, RIC Glasgow… - Journal of inherited …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial disease is hugely diverse with respect to associated clinical presentations and
underlying genetic causes, with pathogenic variants in over 300 disease genes currently …

Diagnostic utility of transcriptome sequencing for rare Mendelian diseases

H Lee, AY Huang, L Wang, AJ Yoon, G Renteria… - Genetics in …, 2020 - nature.com
Purpose We investigated the value of transcriptome sequencing (RNAseq) in ascertaining
the consequence of DNA variants on RNA transcripts to improve the diagnostic rate from …

[HTML][HTML] International consensus recommendations on the diagnostic work-up for malformations of cortical development

R Oegema, TS Barakat, M Wilke, K Stouffs… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Malformations of cortical development (MCDs) are neurodevelopmental disorders that result
from abnormal development of the cerebral cortex in utero. MCDs place a substantial …

Mitochondrial diseases: a diagnostic revolution

KR Schon, T Ratnaike, J van den Ameele, R Horvath… - Trends in Genetics, 2020 - cell.com
Mitochondrial disorders have emerged as a common cause of inherited disease, but are
traditionally viewed as being difficult to diagnose clinically, and even more difficult to …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The dimensions of primary mitochondrial disorders

LD Schlieben, H Prokisch - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The concept of a mitochondrial disorder was initially described in 1962, in a patient with
altered energy metabolism. Over time, mitochondrial energy metabolism has been …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic diagnosis for pediatric disorders: revolution and evolution

E Lalonde, S Rentas, F Lin, MC Dulik… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Powerful, recent advances in technologies to analyze the genome have had a profound
impact on the practice of medical genetics, both in the laboratory and in the clinic. Increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the roles of mitochondrial complex I intermediate assembly complex factors in the biogenesis of complex I

LE Formosa, L Muellner-Wong, B Reljic, AJ Sharpe… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Mitochondrial complex I harbors 7 mitochondrial and 38 nuclear-encoded subunits. Its
biogenesis requires the assembly and integration of distinct intermediate modules, mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Research techniques made simple: whole-transcriptome sequencing by RNA-seq for diagnosis of monogenic disorders

AH Saeidian, L Youssefian, H Vahidnezhad… - Journal of investigative …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mendelian disorders with cutaneous manifestations comprise a genotypically
heterogeneous group of over 1,000 diseases, and in most of them mutant genes have been …