Best practices for variant calling in clinical sequencing

DC Koboldt - Genome Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Next-generation sequencing technologies have enabled a dramatic expansion of clinical
genetic testing both for inherited conditions and diseases such as cancer. Accurate variant …

The Human Gene Mutation Database: towards a comprehensive repository of inherited mutation data for medical research, genetic diagnosis and next-generation …

PD Stenson, M Mort, EV Ball, K Evans, M Hayden… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®) constitutes a comprehensive
collection of published germline mutations in nuclear genes that underlie, or are closely …

Integrating de novo and inherited variants in 42,607 autism cases identifies mutations in new moderate-risk genes

X Zhou, P Feliciano, C Shu, T Wang, I Astrovskaya… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To capture the full spectrum of genetic risk for autism, we performed a two-stage analysis of
rare de novo and inherited coding variants in 42,607 autism cases, including 35,130 new …

A draft human pangenome reference

WW Liao, M Asri, J Ebler, D Doerr, M Haukness… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Here the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium presents a first draft of the
human pangenome reference. The pangenome contains 47 phased, diploid assemblies …

Rare variant contribution to human disease in 281,104 UK Biobank exomes

Q Wang, RS Dhindsa, K Carss, AR Harper, A Nag… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have uncovered thousands of common variants
associated with human disease, but the contribution of rare variants to common disease …

A complete reference genome improves analysis of human genetic variation

S Aganezov, SM Yan, DC Soto, M Kirsche, S Zarate… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Compared to its predecessors, the Telomere-to-Telomere CHM13 genome adds nearly 200
million base pairs of sequence, corrects thousands of structural errors, and unlocks the most …

The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

KJ Karczewski, LC Francioli, G Tiao, BB Cummings… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Genetic variants that inactivate protein-coding genes are a powerful source of information
about the phenotypic consequences of gene disruption: genes that are crucial for the …

Variation across 141,456 human exomes and genomes reveals the spectrum of loss-of-function intolerance across human protein-coding genes

KJ Karczewski, LC Francioli, G Tiao, BB Cummings… - biorxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Genetic variants that inactivate protein-coding genes are a powerful source of information
about the phenotypic consequences of gene disruption: genes critical for an organism's …

The GenomeAsia 100K Project enables genetic discoveries across Asia

Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The underrepresentation of non-Europeans in human genetic studies so far has limited the
diversity of individuals in genomic datasets and led to reduced medical relevance for a large …

Exome sequencing and characterization of 49,960 individuals in the UK Biobank

CV Van Hout, I Tachmazidou, JD Backman… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The UK Biobank is a prospective study of 502,543 individuals, combining extensive
phenotypic and genotypic data with streamlined access for researchers around the world …