A guide for the diagnosis of rare and undiagnosed disease: beyond the exome

S Marwaha, JW Knowles, EA Ashley - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Rare diseases affect 30 million people in the USA and more than 300–400 million
worldwide, often causing chronic illness, disability, and premature death. Traditional …

The changing face of Turner syndrome

CH Gravholt, M Viuff, J Just, K Sandahl… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Turner syndrome (TS) is a condition in females missing the second sex chromosome (45, X)
or parts thereof. It is considered a rare genetic condition and is associated with a wide range …

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 …

Evaluation of DNA methylation episignatures for diagnosis and phenotype correlations in 42 Mendelian neurodevelopmental disorders

E Aref-Eshghi, J Kerkhof, VP Pedro… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - cell.com
Genetic syndromes frequently present with overlapping clinical features and inconclusive or
ambiguous genetic findings which can confound accurate diagnosis and clinical …

The interplay between DNA and histone methylation: molecular mechanisms and disease implications

Y Li, X Chen, C Lu - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
Methylation of cytosine in CpG dinucleotides and histone lysine and arginine residues is a
chromatin modification that critically contributes to the regulation of genome integrity …

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 …

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 …

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 …

BAFopathies' DNA methylation epi-signatures demonstrate diagnostic utility and functional continuum of Coffin–Siris and Nicolaides–Baraitser syndromes

E Aref-Eshghi, EG Bend, RL Hood, LC Schenkel… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Coffin–Siris and Nicolaides–Baraitser syndromes (CSS and NCBRS) are
Mendelian disorders caused by mutations in subunits of the BAF chromatin remodeling …

Delineation of a human Mendelian disorder of the DNA demethylation machinery: TET3 deficiency

DB Beck, A Petracovici, C He, HW Moore… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - cell.com
Germline pathogenic variants in chromatin-modifying enzymes are a common cause of
pediatric developmental disorders. These enzymes catalyze reactions that regulate …