Using human genetics to improve safety assessment of therapeutics

KJ Carss, AM Deaton, A Del Rio-Espinola… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Human genetics research has discovered thousands of proteins associated with complex
and rare diseases. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and studies of Mendelian …

The application of long-read sequencing in clinical settings

JB Oehler, H Wright, Z Stark, AJ Mallett, U Schmitz - Human genomics, 2023 - Springer
Long-read DNA sequencing technologies have been rapidly evolving in recent years, and
their ability to assess large and complex regions of the genome makes them ideal for clinical …

Genetic association analysis of 77,539 genomes reveals rare disease etiologies

D Greene, Genomics England Research Consortium… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The genetic etiologies of more than half of rare diseases remain unknown. Standardized
genome sequencing and phenotyping of large patient cohorts provide an opportunity for …

Deep structured learning for variant prioritization in Mendelian diseases

MC Danzi, MF Dohrn, S Fazal, D Beijer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Effective computer-aided or automated variant evaluations for monogenic diseases will
expedite clinical diagnostic and research efforts of known and novel disease-causing genes …

Systematic evaluation of genome sequencing for the diagnostic assessment of autism spectrum disorder and fetal structural anomalies

C Lowther, E Valkanas, JL Giordano, HZ Wang… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Short-read genome sequencing (GS) holds the promise of becoming the primary diagnostic
approach for the assessment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and fetal structural …

Bi‐allelic pathogenic variants in PABPC1L cause oocyte maturation arrest and female infertility

W Wang, J Guo, J Shi, Q Li, B Chen, Z Pan… - EMBO Molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Oocyte maturation arrest is one of the important causes of female infertility, but the genetic
factors remain largely unknown. PABPC1L, a predominant poly (A)‐binding protein in …

Microfluidics-based single cell analysis: from transcriptomics to spatiotemporal multi-omics

J Cao, X Chen, S Huang, W Shi, Q Fan, Y Gong… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Uncover cell composition, cellular spatial distribution, and cell-to-cell interactions in tissues
are significant for the understanding of physiological and pathological processes. Over the …

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of liver diseases in pregnancy

C Williamson, M Nana, L Poon, L Kupcinskas… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Liver diseases in pregnancy comprise both gestational liver disorders and acute and chronic
hepatic disorders occurring coincidentally in pregnancy. Whether related to pregnancy or …

Quartet DNA reference materials and datasets for comprehensively evaluating germline variant calling performance

L Ren, X Duan, L Dong, R Zhang, J Yang, Y Gao… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Genomic DNA reference materials are widely recognized as essential for
ensuring data quality in omics research. However, relying solely on reference datasets to …

[PDF][PDF] Monoallelic intragenic POU3F2 variants lead to neurodevelopmental delay and hyperphagic obesity, confirming the gene's candidacy in 6q16. 1 deletions

R Schönauer, W Jin, C Findeisen, I Valenzuela… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
While common obesity accounts for an increasing global health burden, its monogenic forms
have taught us underlying mechanisms via more than 20 single-gene disorders. Among …