Long-read human genome sequencing and its applications

GA Logsdon, MR Vollger, EE Eichler - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Over the past decade, long-read, single-molecule DNA sequencing technologies have
emerged as powerful players in genomics. With the ability to generate reads tens to …

Structural variation in the sequencing era

SS Ho, AE Urban, RE Mills - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Identifying structural variation (SV) is essential for genome interpretation but has been
historically difficult due to limitations inherent to available genome technologies. Detection …

Biallelic expansion of an intronic repeat in RFC1 is a common cause of late-onset ataxia

A Cortese, R Simone, R Sullivan, J Vandrovcova… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Late-onset ataxia is common, often idiopathic, and can result from cerebellar, proprioceptive,
or vestibular impairment; when in combination, it is also termed cerebellar ataxia …

[HTML][HTML] Long-read sequencing emerging in medical genetics

T Mantere, S Kersten, A Hoischen - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The wide implementation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has
revolutionized the field of medical genetics. However, the short read lengths of currently …

Transposable elements in human genetic disease

LM Payer, KH Burns - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Transposable elements are abundant in the human genome, and great strides have been
made in pinpointing variations in these repetitive sequences using whole-genome …

[HTML][HTML] Monogenic Parkinson's disease: genotype, phenotype, pathophysiology, and genetic testing

F Jia, A Fellner, KR Kumar - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genes | Free Full-Text | Monogenic Parkinson’s Disease: Genotype, Phenotype,
Pathophysiology, and Genetic Testing Next Article in Journal enChIP-Seq Analyzer: A …

Genetic variation, comparative genomics, and the diagnosis of disease

EE Eichler - New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Uncharted Regions of the Human Genome The genome is not akin to a string of fixed length.
Many large segments of DNA may be present or absent—a major contributor to pathogenic …

Genetics and pathogenesis of dystonia

M Thomsen, LM Lange, M Zech… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dystonia is a clinically and genetically highly heterogeneous neurological disorder
characterized by abnormal movements and postures caused by involuntary sustained or …

[HTML][HTML] The third generation sequencing: the advanced approach to genetic diseases

T Xiao, W Zhou - Translational pediatrics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Genomic sequencing technologies have revolutionized mutation detection of the genetic
diseases in the past few years. In recent years, the third generation sequencing (TGS) has …

Single-molecule sequencing: towards clinical applications

A Ameur, WP Kloosterman, MS Hestand - Trends in biotechnology, 2019 - cell.com
In the past several years, single-molecule sequencing platforms, such as those by Pacific
Biosciences and Oxford Nanopore Technologies, have become available to researchers …