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Mathew MT, Babcock M, Hou YCC, Hunter JM, Leung ML, Mei H, Schieffer K, Akkari Y. Clinical Cytogenetics: Current Practices and Beyond. J Appl Lab Med 2024; 9:61-75. [PMID: 38167757 DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfad086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND Throughout history, the field of cytogenetics has witnessed significant changes due to the constant evolution of technologies used to assess chromosome number and structure. Similar to the evolution of single nucleotide variant detection from Sanger sequencing to next-generation sequencing, the identification of chromosome alterations has progressed from banding to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to chromosomal microarrays. More recently, emerging technologies such as optical genome mapping and genome sequencing have made noteworthy contributions to clinical laboratory testing in the field of cytogenetics. CONTENT In this review, we journey through some of the most pivotal discoveries that have shaped the development of clinical cytogenetics testing. We also explore the current test offerings, their uses and limitations, and future directions in technology advancements. SUMMARY Cytogenetics methods, including banding and targeted assessments like FISH, continue to hold crucial roles in cytogenetic testing. These methods offer a rapid turnaround time, especially for conditions with a known etiology involving recognized cytogenetic aberrations. Additionally, laboratories have the flexibility to now employ higher-throughput methodologies to enhance resolution for cases with greater complexity.
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- Mariam T Mathew
- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States
- Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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Bai M, Sun C. M5C-Related lncRNA Predicts Lung Adenocarcinoma and Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling: Computational Biology and Basic Science. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:885568. [PMID: 35592248 PMCID: PMC9110831 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.885568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Purpose: Epigenetic RNA modification regulates gene expression post-transcriptionally. The aim of this study was to construct a prognostic risk model for lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) using long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) related to m5C RNA methylation. Method: The lncRNAs regulated by m5C methyltransferase were identified in TCGA-LUAD dataset using Pearson correlation analysis (coefficient > 0.4), and clustered using non-negative matrix decomposition. The co-expressing gene modules were identified by WGCNA and functionally annotated. The prognostically relevant lncRNAs were screened by LASSO regression and a risk model was constructed. LINC00628 was silenced in the NCI-H460 and NCI-H1299 cell lines using siRNA constructs, and migration and invasion were assessed by the Transwell and wound healing assays respectively. Results: We identified 185 m5C methyltransferase-related lncRNAs in LUAD, of which 16 were significantly associated with overall survival. The lncRNAs were grouped into two clusters on the basis of m5C pattern, and were associated with significant differences in overall and disease-free survival. GSVA revealed a close relationship among m5C score, ribosomes, endolysosomes and lymphocyte migration. Using LASSO regression, we constructed a prognostic signature consisting of LINC00628, LINC02147, and MIR34AHG. The m5C-lncRNA signature score was closely related to overall survival, and the accuracy of the predictive model was verified by the receiver operating characteristic curve and decision curve analysis. Knocking down LINC00628 in NCI-H460 and NCI-H1299 cells significantly reduced their migration and invasion compared to that of control cells. Conclusion: We constructed a prognostic risk model of LUAD using three lncRNAs regulated by m5C methyltransferase, which has potential clinical value.
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- Ming Bai
- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Kang N, Qiu WJ, Wang B, Tang DF, Shen XY. Role of hemoglobin alpha and hemoglobin beta in non-small-cell lung cancer based on bioinformatics analysis. Mol Carcinog 2022; 61:587-602. [PMID: 35394695 DOI: 10.1002/mc.23404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified and screened differentially in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using information from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus databases, and the correlation of DEGs in protein interaction, function, and pathway enrichment were analyzed to search for new biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for NSCLC. Protein-protein interaction network (PPI) analysis showed that CDK1 and GNGT1 were the most significantly upregulated hub nodes, while FPR2 was the most significantly downregulated. Gene Ontology enrichment analysis showed that upregulated DEGs were significantly enriched in protein heterodimerization activity and other functions, while downregulated DEGs were enriched in functions such as heparin-binding. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis showed that upregulation of DEGs were significantly associated with neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction pathways, while downregulation of DEGs were significantly associated with malaria pathways. According to the analysis results, we identified hemoglobin alpha (HBA) and hemoglobin beta (HBB) as the genes of interest for further study. Through tissue level and cell level experiments, we found that the expressions of HBA and HBB in NSCLC tissues were significantly lower than those in paracancerous tissues, and downregulation of HBA and HBB could significantly affect the proliferation ability of NSCLC cells. In addition, we also found that changes in HBA and HBB may affect NSCLC cells through the p38/MAPK pathway and JNK pathway, and ultimately affect the occurrence and development of NSCLC.
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- Ning Kang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Respiration, The Affiliated Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Huadong Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Identification of potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for LUAD based on TCGA and GEO databases. Biosci Rep 2021; 41:228708. [PMID: 34017995 PMCID: PMC8182989 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20204370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that gene alterations play a crucial role in LUAD development, progression, and prognosis. The present study aimed to identify the hub genes associated with LUAD. In the present study, we used TCGA database to screen the hub genes. Then, we validated the results by GEO datasets. Finally, we used cBioPortal, UALCAN, qRT-PCR, HPA database, TCGA database, and Kaplan–Meier plotter database to estimate the gene mutation, gene transcription, protein expression, clinical features of hub genes in patients with LUAD. A total of 5930 DEGs were screened out in TCGA database. Enrichment analysis revealed that DEGs were involved in the transcriptional misregulation in cancer, viral carcinogenesis, cAMP signaling pathway, calcium signaling pathway, and ECM–receptor interaction. The combining results of MCODE and CytoHubba showed that ADCY8, ADRB2, CALCA, GCG, GNGT1, and NPSR1 were hub genes. Then, we verified the above results by GSE118370, GSE136043, and GSE140797 datasets. Compared with normal lung tissues, the expression levels of ADCY8 and ADRB2 were lower in LUAD tissues, but the expression levels of CALCA, GCG, GNGT1, and NPSR1 were higher. In the prognosis analyses, the low expression of ADCY8 and ADRB2 and the high expression of CALCA, GCG, GNGT1, and NPSR1 were correlated with poor OS and poor PFS. The significant differences in the relationship of the expression of 6 hub genes and clinical features were observed. In conclusion, 6 hub genes will not only contribute to elucidating the pathogenesis of LUAD and may be potential therapeutic targets for LUAD.
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Fitzgerald J, Gallagher L. Parental stress and adjustment in the context of rare genetic syndromes: A scoping review. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES : JOID 2021; 26:1744629521995378. [PMID: 33866895 PMCID: PMC9168905 DOI: 10.1177/1744629521995378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Chromosomal abnormalities are now considered a common cause of intellectual disability. With increased genetic testing, phenotyping and technological advancements, many new syndromes have been identified. This review sought to explore parental stress and adjustment in the context of rare genetic syndromes to evaluate their clinical impact. A systematic review of English peer-reviewed literature across three databases (PsycINFO, Medline, CINAHL) was completed and 69 articles were included. Parents of children with rare genetic syndromes experienced greater distress relative to other disabilities. Differences in parental wellbeing were syndrome-specific relative to ASD thus demonstrating the need to consider the contribution of syndrome-specific phenotypes. Child emotional and behavioural difficulties were the most consistent predictor of parental distress. Research reflecting other factors such as physical health, syndrome-specific behaviours, benefit finding and, parental appraisal in the context of a rare genetic aetiology is required in order to support parental adjustment in these conditions.
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- Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; Children Health Ireland at Tallaght Hospital, Ireland;
Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ireland
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Fitzgerald J, Wilson C, Kelly C, Gallagher L. 'More than a box of puzzles': Understanding the parental experience of having a child with a rare genetic condition". Eur J Med Genet 2021; 64:104164. [PMID: 33571692 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chromosomal microarray (CMA) testing has been adopted as the first-tier diagnostic test for developmental disabilities. However, determining the clinical significance of the results is often complex. This qualitative study seeks to explore parental interpretation, adaption and coping in the context of ambiguous rare genetic findings in order to support parental adjustment and wellbeing. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted with parents (n = 30) of children identified with a rare genetic chromosomal abnormality. RESULTS Three major themes were identified following a thematic analysis: 'Learning of the Genetic Diagnosis', "The Reality of the Rarity' and 'Beyond Genetics: The Child Takes Centre Stage'. Findings demonstrated that parental adjustment to their child's genetic results are mediated by several factors including child difficulties and stage of development, clinician communication, perception of genetics, intrinsic coping strategies, access to practical and emotional support as well as broader contextual experiences. CONCLUSION This study highlights the importance of considering the parental perspective in the context of genetic testing in clinical practice.
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- School of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin; Linn Dara Regional CAMHS Network, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10, Ballyfermot; Children Health Ireland at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24
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Kang JU. Medical Implementation of Microarray Technology. KOREAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.15324/kjcls.2020.52.4.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Ji Un Kang
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Korea Nazarene University, Cheonan, Korea
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Atefvahid P, Modarressi MH, Aleyasin A, Noormohammadi Z. Copy number variations in miscarriage products and their relationship with consanguinity and recurrent miscarriage in individuals with normal karyotypes. Mol Cell Probes 2020; 51:101526. [PMID: 32074488 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2020.101526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Parisa Atefvahid
- Department of Biology, School of Basic Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, 1477893855, Iran
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- Departments of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1417653761, Iran.
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- Department of Infertility, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1411713135, Iran
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- Department of Biology, School of Basic Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, 1477893855, Iran
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Chang L, Yu H, Miao X, Zhang J, Li S. Development and comprehensive evaluation of a noninvasive prenatal paternity testing method through a scaled trial. Forensic Sci Int Genet 2019; 43:102158. [PMID: 31479931 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.102158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To eliminate the miscarriage risks caused by traditional invasive sampling methods, we develop a noninvasive prenatal paternity testing (NIPPT) method and evaluate its efficiency, reliability and sensitivity based on a scaled trial. METHODS We use maternal cell-free DNA and massive parallel sequencing to obtain NIPPT genotypes for parents and fetuses based on quality-controlled genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). In a preliminary testing, data from 14 pregnant women and 7 negative controls are used for setting threshold of fetal genotyping in reference to postpartum children. After that, those from 349 cases with pregnancies of 6-35 gestational weeks (GW) and 9 negative controls from non-pregnant women who have fertility experience previously are in-depth evaluated. RESULTS In all cases, the biological fathers have been successfully identified from unrelated with a combined paternity index (CPI) of 3.58 × 1018 - 1.46 × 10165 for the cases versus 1.52 × 10-22 - 2.30 × 10-839 for the controls. For negative controls, fetal SNPs originating from previous pregnancies could not be detected. Our NIPPT results completely aligned with the invasive prenatal test results using PCR-CE STR methods. CONCLUSION NIPPT can be applied to determine paternity accurately from 6 weeks after conception until birth and may serve as an alternative prenatal paternity test advantageous to the currently-used methods.
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- Liao Chang
- College of Medicine and Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- BGI-shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- College of Medicine and Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- College of Medicine and Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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- College of Medicine and Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China; BGI-shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
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- Ji-Un Kang
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Korea Nazarene University, Cheonan, Korea
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Kuo CY, Signer R, Saitta SC. Immune and Genetic Features of the Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion (DiGeorge Syndrome). Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2018; 18:75. [PMID: 30377837 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-018-0823-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review provides an update on the progress in identifying the range of immunological dysfunction seen in DiGeorge syndrome and on more recent diagnostic and treatment approaches. RECENT FINDINGS Clinically, the associated thymic hypoplasia/aplasia is well known and can have profound effects on T cell function. Further, the humoral arm of the immune system can be affected, with hypogammaglobulinemia and poor vaccine-specific antibody response. Additionally, genetic testing utilizing chromosomal microarray demonstrates a small but significant number of 22q11 deletions that are not detectable by standard FISH testing. The recent addition of a TREC assay to newborn screening can identify a subset of infants whose severe immune defects may result from 22q11 deletion. This initial presentation now also places the immunologist in the role of "first responder" with regard to diagnosis and management of these patients. DiGeorge syndrome reflects a clinical phenotype now recognized by its underlying genetic diagnosis, chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, which is associated with multisystem involvement and variable immune defects among patients. Updated genetic and molecular techniques now allow for earlier identification of immune defects and confirmatory diagnoses, in this disorder with life-long clinical issues.
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- Caroline Y Kuo
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology and Rheumatology, Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Genomic Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA. .,Center for Personalized Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Qi W, Sun L, Liu N, Zhao S, Lv J, Qiu W. Tetraspanin family identified as the central genes detected in gastric cancer using bioinformatics analysis. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:3599-3610. [PMID: 30106120 PMCID: PMC6131613 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Gastric cancer has become a serious disease in the past decade. It has the second highest mortality rate among the four most common cancer types, leading to ~700,000 mortalities annually. Previous studies have attempted to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms of gastric cancer. The present study aimed to obtain useful biomarkers and to improve the understanding of gastric cancer mechanisms at the genetic level. The present study used bioinformatics analysis to identify 1,829 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) which were obtained from the GSE54129 dataset. Using protein‑protein interaction information from the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes database, disease modules were constructed for gastric cancer using Cytoscape software. In the Gene Ontology analysis of biology processes, upregulated genes were significantly enriched in 'extracellular matrix organization', 'cell adhesion' and 'inflammatory response', whereas downregulated DEGs were significantly enriched in 'xenobiotic metabolic process', 'oxidation‑reduction process' and 'steroid metabolic process'. During Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis, upregulated DEGs were significantly enriched in 'extracellular matrix‑receptor interaction', 'focal adhesion' and 'PI3K‑Akt signaling pathway', whereas the downregulated DEGs were significantly enriched in 'chemical carcinogenesis', 'metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450' and 'peroxisome'. The present study additionally identified 10 hub genes from the DEGs: Tumor protein p53 (TP53), C‑X‑C motif chemokine ligand 8 (CXCL8), tetraspanin 4 (TSPAN4), lysophosphatidic acid receptor 2 (LPAR2), adenylate cyclase 3 (ADCY3), phosphoinositide‑3‑kinase regulatory subunit 1 (PIK3R1), neuromedin U (NMU), C‑X‑C motif chemokine ligand (CXCL12), fos proto‑oncogene, AP‑1 transcription factor subunit (FOS) and sphingosine‑1‑phosphate receptor 1 (S1PR1), which have high degrees with other DEGs. The survival analysis revealed that the high expression of ADCY3, LPAR2, S1PR1, TP53 and TSPAN4 was associated with a lower survival rate, whereas high expression of CXCL8, FOS, NMU and PIK3R1 was associated with a higher survival rate. No significant association was identified between CXCL12 and survival rate. Additionally, TSPAN1 and TSPAN8 appeared in the top 100 DEGs. Finally, it was observed that 4 hub genes were highly expressed in gastric cancer tissue compared with para‑carcinoma tissue in the 12 patients; the increased TSPAN4 was significant (>5‑fold). Tetraspanin family genes may be novel biomarkers of gastric cancer. The findings of the present study may improve the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of gastric cancer.
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- Weiwei Qi
- Department of Oncology and Chemotherapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology and Chemotherapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology and Chemotherapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology and Chemotherapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology and Chemotherapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266031, P.R. China
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- Department of Tumor Combined Therapy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266031, P.R. China
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Tang Q, Zhang H, Kong M, Mao X, Cao X. Hub genes and key pathways of non-small lung cancer identified using bioinformatics. Oncol Lett 2018; 16:2344-2354. [PMID: 30008938 PMCID: PMC6036325 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for ~80% of all lung cancer cases. The aim of the present study was to identify key genes and pathways in NSCLC, in order to improve understanding of the mechanism of lung cancer. The GSE33532 gene expression dataset, containing 20 normal and 80 NSCLC samples, was used. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses were performed to obtain the enrichment data of differently expressed genes (DEGs). Disease modules within NSCLC were constructed by Cytoscape, using protein-protein interaction (PPI) from the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes database. In addition, the Kaplan Meier plotter KMplot was used to assess the top hub genes in the PPI network. As a result, 1,795 genes were identified in NSCLC; 729 were upregulated and 1,066 were downregulated. The results of the GO analysis indicated that the upregulated DEGs were significantly enriched in 'biological processes' (BP), including 'cell cycle and nuclear division'; the downregulated DEGs were also significantly enriched in BP, including 'response to wounding', 'anatomical structure morphogenesis' and 'response to stimulus'. Upregulated DEGs were also enriched in 'cell cycle', 'DNA replication' and the 'tumor protein 53 signaling pathway', while the downregulated DEGs were also enriched in 'complement and coagulation cascades', 'malaria' and 'cell adhesion molecules'. The top 9 hub genes were cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK1), polo-like kinase 1, aurora kinase B, cell division cycle 20, baculoviral initiator of apoptosis repeat containing 5, mitotic checkpoint serine/threonine kinase B, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), centromere protein A and MAD2 mitotic arrest deficient-like 1, and the KMplot results revealed that the high expression levels of these genes resulted in significantly low survival rates, compared with low expression samples (P<0.05), with the exception of PCNA and CDK1. In the pathway crosstalk analysis, 26 nodes and 41 interactions were divided into two groups: One module of the two groups primarily included 'metabolism of amino acid' and the other primarily contained 'tumor necrosis signaling' pathways. In conclusion, the present study assisted in improving the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying NSCLC development, and the results may help the understanding of the biological mechanism of NSCLC.
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- Qing Tang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei 430014, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430014, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430014, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430014, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430014, P.R. China
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Bujakowska KM, Fernandez-Godino R, Place E, Consugar M, Navarro-Gomez D, White J, Bedoukian EC, Zhu X, Xie HM, Gai X, Leroy BP, Pierce EA. Copy-number variation is an important contributor to the genetic causality of inherited retinal degenerations. Genet Med 2017; 19:643-651. [PMID: 27735924 PMCID: PMC6377944 DOI: 10.1038/gim.2016.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Despite substantial progress in sequencing, current strategies can genetically solve only approximately 55-60% of inherited retinal degeneration (IRD) cases. This can be partially attributed to elusive mutations in the known IRD genes, which are not easily identified by the targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) or Sanger sequencing approaches. We hypothesized that copy-number variations (CNVs) are a major contributor to the elusive genetic causality of IRDs. METHODS Twenty-eight cases previously unsolved with a targeted NGS were investigated with whole-genome single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) arrays. RESULTS Deletions in the IRD genes were detected in 5 of 28 families, including a de novo deletion. We suggest that the de novo deletion occurred through nonallelic homologous recombination (NAHR) and we constructed a genomic map of NAHR-prone regions with overlapping IRD genes. In this article, we also report an unusual case of recessive retinitis pigmentosa due to compound heterozygous mutations in SNRNP200, a gene that is typically associated with the dominant form of this disease. CONCLUSIONS CNV mapping substantially increased the genetic diagnostic rate of IRDs, detecting genetic causality in 18% of previously unsolved cases. Extending the search to other structural variations will probably demonstrate an even higher contribution to genetic causality of IRDs.Genet Med advance online publication 13 October 2016.
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- Kinga M Bujakowska
- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Ophthalmic Genetics &Visual Electrophysiology, Division of Ophthalmology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Ophthalmic Genetics &Visual Electrophysiology, Division of Ophthalmology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of BioMedical Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Personalized Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Ophthalmic Genetics &Visual Electrophysiology, Division of Ophthalmology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology &Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital &Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Trevisan P, Rosa RFM, Koshiyama DB, Zen TD, Paskulin GA, Zen PRG. Congenital heart disease and chromossomopathies detected by the karyotype. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 32:262-71. [PMID: 25119760 PMCID: PMC4183026 DOI: 10.1590/0103-0582201432213213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE: To review the relationship between congenital heart defects and chromosomal
abnormalities detected by the karyotype. DATA SOURCES: Scientific articles were searched in MEDLINE database, using the descriptors
"karyotype" OR "chromosomal" OR "chromosome" AND "heart defects, congenital". The
research was limited to articles published in English from 1980 on. DATA SYNTHESIS: Congenital heart disease is characterized by an etiologically heterogeneous and
not well understood group of lesions. Several researchers have evaluated the
presence of chromosomal abnormalities detected by the karyotype in patients with
congenital heart disease. However, most of the articles were retrospective studies
developed in Europe and only some of the studied patients had a karyotype exam. In
this review, only one study was conducted in Latin America, in Brazil. It is known
that chromosomal abnormalities are frequent, being present in about one in every
ten patients with congenital heart disease. Among the karyotype alterations in
these patients, the most important is the trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). These
patients often have associated extra-cardiac malformations, with a higher risk of
morbidity and mortality, which makes heart surgery even more risky. CONCLUSIONS: Despite all the progress made in recent decades in the field of cytogenetic, the
karyotype remains an essential tool in order to evaluate patients with congenital
heart disease. The detailed dysmorphological physical examination is of great
importance to indicate the need of a karyotype.
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Developmental delay occurs in 1-3% of the population, with unknown etiology in approximately 50% of cases. Initial genetic work up for developmental delay previously included chromosome analysis and subtelomeric FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization). Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) has emerged as a tool to detect genetic copy number changes and uniparental disomy and is the most sensitive test in providing etiological diagnosis in developmental delay. aCGH allows for the provision of prognosis and recurrence risks, improves access to resources, helps limit further investigations and may alter medical management in many cases. aCGH has led to the delineation of novel genetic syndromes associated with developmental delay. An illustrative case of a 31-year-old man with long standing global developmental delay and recently diagnosed 4q21 deletion syndrome with a deletion of 20.8 Mb genomic interval is provided. aCGH is now recommended as a first line test in children and adults with undiagnosed developmental delay and congenital anomalies. Puce d'hybridation génomique comparative et retard de développement : un outil diagnostic pour les neurologues. Le retard de développement survient chez 1 à 3% de la population et son étiologie est inconnue chez à peu près 50% des cas. L'évaluation génétique initiale pour un retard de développement incluait antérieurement une analyse chromosomique et une analyse par FISH (hybridation in situ en fluorescence) de régions subtélomériques. La puce d'hybridation génomique comparative (CGHa) est devenue un outil de détection des changements du nombre de copies géniques ainsi que de la disomie uniparentale et elle est le test le plus sensible pour fournir un diagnostic étiologique dans le retard de développement. Le CGHa permet d'offrir un pronostic et un risque de récurrence, améliore l'accès aux ressources, aide à limiter les évaluations et peut modifier le traitement médical dans bien des cas. Le CGHa a mené à la définition de nouveaux syndromes génétiques associés à un retard de développement. À titre d'exemple, nous décrivons le cas d'un homme âgé de 31 ans qui présentait un retard de développement global depuis longtemps et chez qui un syndrome associé à une délétion 4q21 a été diagnostiqué récemment, soit une délétion de 20,8 Mb. Le CGHa est maintenant recommandé comme test de première ligne chez les enfants et les adultes présentant un retard de développement et des anomalies congénitales.
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Goralski M, Sobieszczanska P, Obrepalska-Steplowska A, Swiercz A, Zmienko A, Figlerowicz M. A gene expression microarray for Nicotiana benthamiana based on de novo transcriptome sequence assembly. PLANT METHODS 2016; 12:28. [PMID: 27213006 PMCID: PMC4875705 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0128-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nicotiana benthamiana has been widely used in laboratories around the world for studying plant-pathogen interactions and posttranscriptional gene expression silencing. Yet the exploration of its transcriptome has lagged behind due to the lack of both adequate sequence information and genome-wide analysis tools, such as DNA microarrays. Despite the increasing use of high-throughput sequencing technologies, the DNA microarrays still remain a popular gene expression tool, because they are cheaper and less demanding regarding bioinformatics skills and computational effort. RESULTS We designed a gene expression microarray with 103,747 60-mer probes, based on two recently published versions of N. benthamiana transcriptome (v.3 and v.5). Both versions were reconstructed from RNA-Seq data of non-strand-specific pooled-tissue libraries, so we defined the sense strand of the contigs prior to designing the probe. To accomplish this, we combined a homology search against Arabidopsis thaliana proteins and hybridization to a test 244k microarray containing pairs of probes, which represented individual contigs. We identified the sense strand in 106,684 transcriptome contigs and used this information to design an Nb-105k microarray on an Agilent eArray platform. Following hybridization of RNA samples from N. benthamiana roots and leaves we demonstrated that the new microarray had high specificity and sensitivity for detection of differentially expressed transcripts. We also showed that the data generated with the Nb-105k microarray may be used to identify incorrectly assembled contigs in the v.5 transcriptome, by detecting inconsistency in the gene expression profiles, which is indicated using multiple microarray probes that match the same v.5 primary transcripts. CONCLUSIONS We provided a complete design of an oligonucleotide microarray that may be applied to the research of N. benthamiana transcriptome. This, in turn, will allow the N. benthamiana research community to take full advantage of microarray capabilities for studying gene expression in this plant. Additionally, by defining the sense orientation of over 106,000 contigs, we substantially improved the functional information on the N. benthamiana transcriptome. The simple hybridization-based approach for detecting the sense orientation of computationally assembled sequences can be used for updating the transcriptomes of other non-model organisms, including cases where no significant homology to known proteins exists.
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- Michal Goralski
- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
- />Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
- />Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
- />Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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With the rapid development of readily accessible molecular diagnostic tools, a growing number of patients and families with craniofacial anomalies will have access to a confirmed molecular diagnosis. This chapter provides an overview to current clinical and molecular resources and approaches used by diagnostician today. Clarifying the underlying cause of a congenital defect is necessary to provide proper counseling, identify carrier/risk status of family members, inform prognosis and direct appropriate management, treatments, and surveillance recommendations. The use of molecular testing has evolved to confirm a suspected clinical diagnosis, establish a diagnosis in an unclear condition and end a diagnostic odyssey for many children with underlying syndromes, but the use of these techniques to understand common nonsyndromic malformations like clefts and craniosynostosis is still an active area of research that will contribute to clinical care in the future.
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Botkin JR, Belmont JW, Berg JS, Berkman BE, Bombard Y, Holm IA, Levy HP, Ormond KE, Saal HM, Spinner NB, Wilfond BS, McInerney JD. Points to Consider: Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Implications of Genetic Testing in Children and Adolescents. Am J Hum Genet 2015; 97:6-21. [PMID: 26140447 PMCID: PMC4570999 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In 1995, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) jointly published a statement on genetic testing in children and adolescents. In the past 20 years, much has changed in the field of genetics, including the development of powerful new technologies, new data from genetic research on children and adolescents, and substantial clinical experience. This statement represents current opinion by the ASHG on the ethical, legal, and social issues concerning genetic testing in children. These recommendations are relevant to families, clinicians, and investigators. After a brief review of the 1995 statement and major changes in genetic technologies in recent years, this statement offers points to consider on a broad range of test technologies and their applications in clinical medicine and research. Recommendations are also made for record and communication issues in this domain and for professional education.
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Dubruc E, Putoux A, Labalme A, Rougeot C, Sanlaville D, Edery P. A new intellectual disability syndrome caused by CTNNB1 haploinsufficiency. Am J Med Genet A 2014; 164A:1571-5. [PMID: 24668549 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A girl patient born to healthy nonconsanguineous parents was referred at age 3 years and 2 months to our genetics department for testing due to developmental delay and postnatal microcephaly. Initial clinical evaluation revealed an overall developmental delay, mildly dysmorphic features, thin, sparse fair hair, and fair skin. Postnatal microcephaly and progressive ataxia and spasticity appeared later. Array CGH karyotyping showed a 333 kb de novo microdeletion on 3p22 covering the entire genomic sequence of a single gene, CTNNB1, which codes for β-catenin. β-catenin is a sub-unit of a multiprotein complex, which is part of the Wnt signaling pathway. In mice, a conditional homozygous β-catenin knockout displays loss of neurons, impaired craniofacial development, and hair follicle defects, which is similar to the phenotype presented by the patient described in this clinical report. Thus, CTNNB1 haploinsufficiency causes neuronal loss, craniofacial anomalies and hair follicle defects in both humans and mice. Point mutations in CTNNB1 in human have recently been reported but this is the first observation of a new recognizable multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome caused by CTNNB1 haploinsufficiency. This clinical report should prompt a search for point mutations in CTNNB1 in patients presenting developmental delay, mild hair, skin and facial anomalies, and neurodegeneration characterized by postnatal microcephaly, and progressive ataxia and spasticity. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Estelle Dubruc
- Genetics Service, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, and Eastern Biology and Pathology Centre, Bron Cedex, France
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Žilina O, Teek R, Tammur P, Kuuse K, Yakoreva M, Vaidla E, Mölter-Väär T, Reimand T, Kurg A, Õunap K. Chromosomal microarray analysis as a first-tier clinical diagnostic test: Estonian experience. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2014; 2:166-75. [PMID: 24689080 PMCID: PMC3960059 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) is now established as the first-tier cytogenetic diagnostic test for fast and accurate detection of chromosomal abnormalities in patients with developmental delay/intellectual disability (DD/ID), multiple congenital anomalies (MCA), and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We present our experience with using CMA for postnatal and prenatal diagnosis in Estonian patients during 2009-2012. Since 2011, CMA is on the official service list of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund and is performed as the first-tier cytogenetic test for patients with DD/ID, MCA or ASD. A total of 1191 patients were analyzed, including postnatal (1072 [90%] patients and 59 [5%] family members) and prenatal referrals (60 [5%] fetuses). Abnormal results were reported in 298 (25%) patients, with a total of 351 findings (1-3 per individual): 147 (42%) deletions, 106 (30%) duplications, 89 (25%) long contiguous stretches of homozygosity (LCSH) events (>5 Mb), and nine (3%) aneuploidies. Of all findings, 143 (41%) were defined as pathogenic or likely pathogenic; for another 143 findings (41%), most of which were LCSH, the clinical significance remained unknown, while 61 (18%) reported findings can now be reclassified as benign or likely benign. Clinically relevant findings were detected in 126 (11%) patients. However, the proportion of variants of unknown clinical significance was quite high (41% of all findings). It seems that our ability to detect chromosomal abnormalities has far outpaced our ability to understand their role in disease. Thus, the interpretation of CMA findings remains a rather difficult task requiring a close collaboration between clinicians and cytogeneticists.
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- Olga Žilina
- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of TartuTartu, Estonia
- Correspondence Olga Žilina, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, Tartu, Estonia. Tel: +3727375034; Fax: +3727420286; E-mail:
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of TartuTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
- Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Translation Medicine, University of TartuTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of TartuTartu, Estonia
- Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Biomedicine and Translation Medicine, University of TartuTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of TartuTartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University HospitalTartu, Estonia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of TartuTartu, Estonia
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Khandelwal KD, van Bokhoven H, Roscioli T, Carels CE, Zhou H. Genomic approaches for studying craniofacial disorders. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART C-SEMINARS IN MEDICAL GENETICS 2013; 163C:218-31. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Carmichael H, Shen Y, T T, Hirschhorn JN, Dauber A. Whole exome sequencing in a patient with uniparental disomy of chromosome 2 and a complex phenotype. Clin Genet 2013; 84:213-22. [PMID: 23167750 PMCID: PMC3996682 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Whole exome sequencing and chromosomal microarrays are two powerful technologies that have transformed the ability of researchers to search for potentially causal variants in human disease. This study combines these tools to search for causal variants in a patient found to have maternal uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 2. This subject has a complex phenotype including skeletal and renal dysplasia, immune deficiencies, growth failure, retinal degeneration and ovarian insufficiency. Eighteen non-synonymous, rare homozygous variants were identified on chromosome 2. Additionally, five genes with compound heterozygous mutations were detected on other chromosomes that could lead to a disease phenotype independent of the uniparental disomy found in this case. Several candidate genes with potential connection to the phenotype are described but none are definitively proven to be causal. This study highlights the potential for detection of a large number of candidate genes using whole exome sequencing complicating interpretation in both the research and clinical settings. Forums must be created for publication and sharing of detailed phenotypic and genotypic reports to facilitate further biological discoveries and clinical counseling.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
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- Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children’s Hospital
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- Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute
- Center for Basic and Translational Obesity Research, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
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- Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute
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Reus AD, Stephenson MD, van Dunné FM, de Krijger RR, Joosten M, Steegers EAP, Exalto N. Chorionic villous vascularization related to phenotype and genotype in first trimester miscarriages in a recurrent pregnancy loss cohort. Hum Reprod 2013; 28:916-23. [PMID: 23427236 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Is there an association between chorionic villous vascularization, ultrasound findings and corresponding chromosome results in early miscarriage specimens from a cohort of recurrent pregnancy loss patients? SUMMARY ANSWER We did not find a significant difference in vascularization scores of chorionic villi between embryonic, yolk sac or empty sac miscarriages, or between euploid and noneuploid miscarriages. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY At least half of first trimester miscarriages are due to embryopathogenesis associated with chromosome errors and/or major congenital anomalies, resulting in an empty sac, a yolk sac or an embryonic miscarriage. Absent and decreased chorionic villous vascularization is usually present in these pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION For this retrospective study, 60 hematoxylin and eosin slides of miscarriage tissue of less than 10 weeks gestational age were collected from an academic institution. All patients were seen in consultation between July 2004 and October 2009. PARTICIPANTS, SETTING, METHODS Chorionic villous vascularization was determined using a previously published classification. The results were validated and compared with the ultrasound findings and corresponding chromosome results. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE There were 53 embryonic miscarriages, 5 yolk sac miscarriages and 2 empty sac miscarriages. Chromosome results were obtained in 59 of the 60 miscarriages; 37.3% were euploid and 62.7% were noneuploid. Validation of the vascularization score between observers was reasonable to good (Kappa 0.47-0.76), and 59% of the cases were classified as avascular. The vascularization score did not differ between euploid or noneuploid miscarriages, or between embryonic, yolk sac or empty sac miscarriages. Avascular villi were seen more frequently in miscarriages trisomic for chromosome 16, when compared with miscarriages with other trisomies (6 out of 7 versus 8 out of 22, P = 0.04). LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION Unfortunately, the number of samples in the study was limited. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Avascular villi may indicate abnormal early placentation as a part of embryopathogenesis. Further study is warranted to determine whether a genetic cause can be found to explain these results.
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- Averil D Reus
- Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC: University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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An interstitial 20q11.21 microdeletion causing mild intellectual disability and facial dysmorphisms. Case Rep Genet 2013; 2013:353028. [PMID: 23476833 PMCID: PMC3586477 DOI: 10.1155/2013/353028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We report a case of an interstitial chromosome 20q11.21 microdeletion in a 7-year-old male child presenting with mild intellectual disability and facial dysmorphisms. Array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) has shown that the deletion resulted in the loss of 68 genes, among which 5 genes (COX4I2, MYLK2, ASXL1, DNMT3B, and SNTA1) are disease causing. The size of the deletion was estimated to span 2.6 Mb. Only three cases of deletions encompassing this chromosomal region have been reported. The phenotype of the index patient was found to resemble the mildest cases of Bohring-Opitz syndrome that is caused by ASXL1 mutations. An in silico evaluation of the deleted genomic region has shown that benign genomic variations have never been observed to affect the ASXL1 gene, in contrast to the other disease-causing genes. As a result, it was suggested that ASXL1 loss is likely to be the main cause of the phenotypic manifestations. The present case report indicates that a loss of the disease-causing gene can produce a milder phenotype of a single gene condition.
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Molecular methods. Clin Immunol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-7234-3691-1.00112-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Iourov IY, Vorsanova SG, Kurinnaia OS, Zelenova MA, Silvanovich AP, Yurov YB. Molecular karyotyping by array CGH in a Russian cohort of children with intellectual disability, autism, epilepsy and congenital anomalies. Mol Cytogenet 2012; 5:46. [PMID: 23272938 PMCID: PMC3547809 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-5-46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) has been repeatedly shown to be a successful tool for the identification of genomic variations in a clinical population. During the last decade, the implementation of array CGH has resulted in the identification of new causative submicroscopic chromosome imbalances and copy number variations (CNVs) in neuropsychiatric (neurobehavioral) diseases. Currently, array-CGH-based technologies have become an integral part of molecular diagnosis and research in individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders and children with intellectual disability (mental retardation) and congenital anomalies. Here, we introduce the Russian cohort of children with intellectual disability, autism, epilepsy and congenital anomalies analyzed by BAC array CGH and a novel bioinformatic strategy. Results Among 54 individuals highly selected according to clinical criteria and molecular and cytogenetic data (from 2426 patients evaluated cytogenetically and molecularly between November 2007 and May 2012), chromosomal imbalances were detected in 26 individuals (48%). In two patients (4%), a previously undescribed condition was observed. The latter has been designated as meiotic (constitutional) genomic instability resulted in multiple submicroscopic rearrangements (including CNVs). Using bioinformatic strategy, we were able to identify clinically relevant CNVs in 15 individuals (28%). Selected cases were confirmed by molecular cytogenetic and molecular genetic methods. Eight out of 26 chromosomal imbalances (31%) have not been previously reported. Among them, three cases were co-occurrence of subtle chromosome 9 and 21 deletions. Conclusions We conducted an array CGH study of Russian patients suffering from intellectual disability, autism, epilepsy and congenital anomalies. In total, phenotypic manifestations of clinically relevant genomic variations were found to result from genomic rearrangements affecting 1247 disease-causing and pathway-involved genes. Obviously, a significantly lesser part of them are true candidates for intellectual disability, autism or epilepsy. The success of our preliminary array CGH and bioinformatic study allows us to expand the cohort. According to the available literature, this is the first comprehensive array CGH evaluation of a Russian cohort of children with neuropsychiatric disorders and congenital anomalies.
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- Ivan Y Iourov
- Mental Health Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 119152, Moscow, Russia.
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Coughlin CR, Scharer GH, Shaikh TH. Clinical impact of copy number variation analysis using high-resolution microarray technologies: advantages, limitations and concerns. Genome Med 2012; 4:80. [PMID: 23114084 PMCID: PMC3580449 DOI: 10.1186/gm381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Copy number variation (CNV) analysis has had a major impact on the field of medical genetics, providing a mechanism to identify disease-causing genomic alterations in an unprecedented number of diseases and phenotypes. CNV analysis is now routinely used in the clinical diagnostic laboratory, and has led to a significant increase in the detection of chromosomal abnormalities. These findings are used for prenatal decision making, clinical management and genetic counseling. Although a powerful tool to identify genomic alterations, CNV analysis may also result in the detection of genomic alterations that have unknown clinical significance or reveal unintended information. This highlights the importance of informed consent and genetic counseling for clinical CNV analysis. This review examines the advantages and limitations of CNV discovery in the clinical diagnostic laboratory, as well as the impact on the clinician and family.
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- Curtis R Coughlin
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA ; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA ; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Iourov IY, Vorsanova SG, Yurov YB. Single cell genomics of the brain: focus on neuronal diversity and neuropsychiatric diseases. Curr Genomics 2012; 13:477-88. [PMID: 23449087 PMCID: PMC3426782 DOI: 10.2174/138920212802510439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2011] [Revised: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Single cell genomics has made increasingly significant contributions to our understanding of the role that somatic genome variations play in human neuronal diversity and brain diseases. Studying intercellular genome and epigenome variations has provided new clues to the delineation of molecular mechanisms that regulate development, function and plasticity of the human central nervous system (CNS). It has been shown that changes of genomic content and epigenetic profiling at single cell level are involved in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric diseases (schizophrenia, mental retardation (intellectual/leaning disability), autism, Alzheimer's disease etc.). Additionally, several brain diseases were found to be associated with genome and chromosome instability (copy number variations, aneuploidy) variably affecting cell populations of the human CNS. The present review focuses on the latest advances of single cell genomics, which have led to a better understanding of molecular mechanisms of neuronal diversity and neuropsychiatric diseases, in the light of dynamically developing fields of systems biology and "omics".
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- Ivan Y Iourov
- National Research Center of Mental Health, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of Pediatrics and Children Surgery, Minzdravsotsrazvitia, Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Center of Mental Health, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of Pediatrics and Children Surgery, Minzdravsotsrazvitia, Moscow, Russia
- Center for Neurobiological Diagnosis of Genetic Psychiatric Disorders, Moscow City University of Psychology and Education, Russia
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- National Research Center of Mental Health, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute of Pediatrics and Children Surgery, Minzdravsotsrazvitia, Moscow, Russia
- Center for Neurobiological Diagnosis of Genetic Psychiatric Disorders, Moscow City University of Psychology and Education, Russia
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Carr IM, Diggle CP, Khan K, Inglehearn C, McKibbin M, Bonthron DT, Markham AF, Anwar R, Dobbie A, Pena SDJ, Ali M. Rapid visualisation of microarray copy number data for the detection of structural variations linked to a disease phenotype. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43466. [PMID: 22912880 PMCID: PMC3422275 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Whilst the majority of inherited diseases have been found to be caused by single base substitutions, small insertions or deletions (<1Kb), a significant proportion of genetic variability is due to copy number variation (CNV). The possible role of CNV in monogenic and complex diseases has recently attracted considerable interest. However, until the development of whole genome, oligonucleotide micro-arrays, designed specifically to detect the presence of copy number variation, it was not easy to screen an individual for the presence of unknown deletions or duplications with sizes below the level of sensitivity of optical microscopy (3-5 Mb). Now that currently available oligonucleotide micro-arrays have in excess of a million probes, the problem of copy number analysis has moved from one of data production to that of data analysis. We have developed CNViewer, to identify copy number variation that co-segregates with a disease phenotype in small nuclear families, from genome-wide oligonucleotide micro-array data. This freely available program should constitute a useful addition to the diagnostic armamentarium of clinical geneticists.
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- Ian M Carr
- School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Lim A, Steibel JP, Coussens PM, Grooms DL, Bolin SR. Differential gene expression segregates cattle confirmed positive for bovine tuberculosis from antemortem tuberculosis test-false positive cattle originating from herds free of bovine tuberculosis. Vet Med Int 2012; 2012:192926. [PMID: 22701814 PMCID: PMC3373196 DOI: 10.1155/2012/192926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Revised: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Antemortem tests for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) currently used in the US measure cell-mediated immune responses against Mycobacterium bovis. Postmortem tests for bTB rely on observation of gross and histologic lesions of bTB, followed by bacterial isolation or molecular diagnostics. Cumulative data from the state of Michigan indicates that 98 to 99% of cattle that react positively in antemortem tests are not confirmed positive for bTB at postmortem examination. Understanding the fundamental differences in gene regulation between antemortem test-false positive cattle and cattle that have bTB may allow identification of molecular markers that can be exploited to better separate infected from noninfected cattle. An immunospecific cDNA microarray was used to identify altered gene expression (P ≤ 0.01) of 122 gene features between antemortem test-false positive cattle and bTB-infected cattle following a 4-hour stimulation of whole blood with tuberculin. Further analysis using quantitative real-time PCR assays validated altered expression of 8 genes that had differential power (adj P ≤ 0.05) to segregate cattle confirmed positive for bovine tuberculosis from antemortem tuberculosis test-false positive cattle originating from herds free of bovine tuberculosis.
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- Ailam Lim
- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, 4125 Beaumont Road, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Michigan State University, 4125 Beaumont Road, Lansing, MI 48910, USA
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Wain KE, Riggs E, Hanson K, Savage M, Riethmaier D, Muirhead A, Mitchell E, Packard BS, Faucett WA. The laboratory-clinician team: a professional call to action to improve communication and collaboration for optimal patient care in chromosomal microarray testing. J Genet Couns 2012; 21:631-7. [PMID: 22610653 DOI: 10.1007/s10897-012-9507-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The International Standards for Cytogenomic Arrays (ISCA) Consortium is a worldwide collaborative effort dedicated to optimizing patient care by improving the quality of chromosomal microarray testing. The primary effort of the ISCA Consortium has been the development of a database of copy number variants (CNVs) identified during the course of clinical microarray testing. This database is a powerful resource for clinicians, laboratories, and researchers, and can be utilized for a variety of applications, such as facilitating standardized interpretations of certain CNVs across laboratories or providing phenotypic information for counseling purposes when published data is sparse. A recognized limitation to the clinical utility of this database, however, is the quality of clinical information available for each patient. Clinical genetic counselors are uniquely suited to facilitate the communication of this information to the laboratory by virtue of their existing clinical responsibilities, case management skills, and appreciation of the evolving nature of scientific knowledge. We intend to highlight the critical role that genetic counselors play in ensuring optimal patient care through contributing to the clinical utility of the ISCA Consortium's database, as well as the quality of individual patient microarray reports provided by contributing laboratories. Current tools, paper and electronic forms, created to maximize this collaboration are shared. In addition to making a professional commitment to providing complete clinical information, genetic counselors are invited to become ISCA members and to become involved in the discussions and initiatives within the Consortium.
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Kang JU, Koo SH. Evolving applications of microarray technology in postnatal diagnosis (review). Int J Mol Med 2012; 30:223-8. [PMID: 22580383 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Microarray-based cytogenetics is revealing the tremendous fluidity and complexity of the human genome, and is starting to illustrate the implications of genomic variability with respect to human health and disease. In the last few years, the robustness of array-based technologies has provided accurate diagnosis and appropriate clinical management in a timely and efficient manner for identifying genomic defects of congenital and developmental abnormalities including developmental delay (DD), intellectual disability (ID), autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and/or multiple congenital anomalies (MCA). The implementation of this technology in these categories of disorders has been thoroughly evaluated and is now recommended as a first-line diagnostic approach for clinically suspected genetic disorders. However, clinical application of array-CGH in postnatal evaluation raises the debate of whether array-CGH will replace traditional cytogenetics in the near future and whether there is still a role for karyotyping and FISH. In this article, we therefore review the current status of array-based technology use for postnatal diagnosis and predict that it will replace standard cytogenetics as a first-line test for clinical evaluation in these population groups.
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- Ji Un Kang
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Korea Nazarene University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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Baudhuin LM, Donato LJ, Uphoff TS. How novel molecular diagnostic technologies and biomarkers are revolutionizing genetic testing and patient care. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2012; 12:25-37. [PMID: 22133117 DOI: 10.1586/erm.11.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Technological applications and novel biomarkers in the field of molecular diagnostics have never been evolving at a more rapid pace. These novel applications have the promise to change the face of clinical care as we move into the era of personalized medicine. While some of these technologies and biomarkers have been adopted by some clinical laboratories, most laboratories face a steep learning curve in bringing these dramatically new and different molecular diagnostic applications on board. Furthermore, interpreting the vast amounts and new types of data produced by these novel applications brings forth challenges for laboratorians and clinicians alike. In this article, we discuss how some of these emerging novel molecular diagnostic technologies and analytes, such as next-generation sequencing, chromosomal microarray, microRNAs and circulating fetal nucleic acids are revolutionizing patient care and personalized medicine.
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- Linnea M Baudhuin
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Vorsanova SG, Yurov YB, Soloviev IV, Iourov IY. Molecular cytogenetic diagnosis and somatic genome variations. Curr Genomics 2011; 11:440-6. [PMID: 21358989 PMCID: PMC3018725 DOI: 10.2174/138920210793176010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Human molecular cytogenetics integrates the knowledge on chromosome and genome organization at the molecular and cellular levels in health and disease. Molecular cytogenetic diagnosis is an integral part of current genomic medicine and is the standard of care in medical genetics and cytogenetics, reproductive medicine, pediatrics, neuropsychiatry and oncology. Regardless numerous advances in this field made throughout the last two decades, researchers and practitioners who apply molecular cytogenetic techniques may encounter several problems that are extremely difficult to solve. One of them is undoubtedly the occurrence of somatic genome and chromosome variations, leading to genomic and chromosomal mosaicism, which are related but not limited to technological and evaluative limitations as well as multiplicity of interpretations. More dramatically, current biomedical literature almost lacks descriptions, guidelines or solutions of these problems. The present article overviews all these problems and gathers those exclusive data acquired from studies of genome and chromosome instability that is relevant to identification and interpretations of this fairly common cause of somatic genomic variations and chromosomal mosaicism. Although the way to define pathogenic value of all the intercellular variations of the human genome is far from being completely understood, it is possible to propose recommendations on molecular cytogenetic diagnosis and management of somatic genome variations in clinical population.
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- S G Vorsanova
- Institute of Pediatrics and Children Surgery, Rosmedtechnologii
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Park SJ, Jung EH, Ryu RS, Kang HW, Ko JM, Kim HJ, Cheon CK, Hwang SH, Kang HY. Clinical implementation of whole-genome array CGH as a first-tier test in 5080 pre and postnatal cases. Mol Cytogenet 2011; 4:12. [PMID: 21549014 PMCID: PMC3114015 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-4-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) is currently the most powerful method for detecting chromosomal alterations in pre and postnatal clinical cases. In this study, we developed a BAC based array CGH analysis platform for detecting whole genome DNA copy number changes including specific micro deletion and duplication chromosomal disorders. Additionally, we report our experience with the clinical implementation of our array CGH analysis platform. Array CGH was performed on 5080 pre and postnatal clinical samples from patients referred with a variety of clinical phenotypes. Results A total of 4073 prenatal cases (4033 amniotic fluid and 40 chorionic villi specimens) and 1007 postnatal cases (407 peripheral blood and 600 cord blood) were studied with complete concordance between array CGH, karyotype and fluorescence in situ hybridization results. Among 75 positive prenatal cases with DNA copy number variations, 60 had an aneuploidy, seven had a deletion, and eight had a duplication. Among 39 positive postnatal cases samples, five had an aneuploidy, 23 had a deletion, and 11 had a duplication. Conclusions This study demonstrates the utility of using our newly developed whole-genome array CGH as first-tier test in 5080 pre and postnatal cases. Array CGH has increased the ability to detect segmental deletion and duplication in patients with variable clinical features and is becoming a more powerful tool in pre and postnatal diagnostics.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Pusan National University Children's Hospital, Yangsan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Center for Diagnostic Oncology, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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Valli R, Marletta C, Pressato B, Montalbano G, Lo Curto F, Pasquali F, Maserati E. Comparative genomic hybridization on microarray (a-CGH) in constitutional and acquired mosaicism may detect as low as 8% abnormal cells. Mol Cytogenet 2011; 4:13. [PMID: 21554683 PMCID: PMC3101650 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-4-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background The results of cytogenetic investigations on unbalanced chromosome anomalies, both constitutional and acquired, were largely improved by comparative genomic hybridization on microarray (a-CGH), but in mosaicism the ability of a-CGH to reliably detect imbalances is not yet well established. This problem of sensitivity is even more relevant in acquired mosaicism in neoplastic diseases, where cells carrying acquired imbalances coexist with normal cells, in particular when the proportion of abnormal cells may be low. We constructed a synthetic mosaicism by mixing the DNA of three patients carrying altogether seven chromosome imbalances with normal sex-matched DNA. Dilutions were prepared mimicking 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 10% and 15% levels of mosaicism. Oligomer-based a-CGH (244 K whole-genome system) was applied on the patients' DNA and customized slides designed around the regions of imbalance were used for the synthetic mosaics. Results and conclusions The a-CGH on the synthetic mosaics proved to be able to detect as low as 8% abnormal cells in the tissue examined. Although in our experiment some regions of imbalances escaped to be revealed at this level, and were detected only at 10-15% level, it should be remarked that these ones were the smallest analyzed, and that the imbalances recurrent as clonal anomalies in cancer and leukaemia are similar in size to those revealed at 8% level.
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- Roberto Valli
- Biologia e Genetica, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche, Università dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy.
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Mohapatra G, Engler DA, Starbuck KD, Kim JC, Bernay DC, Scangas GA, Rousseau A, Batchelor TT, Betensky RA, Louis DN. Genome-wide comparison of paired fresh frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded gliomas by custom BAC and oligonucleotide array comparative genomic hybridization: facilitating analysis of archival gliomas. Acta Neuropathol 2011; 121:529-43. [PMID: 21080181 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-010-0773-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Revised: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 10/31/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) is a powerful tool for detecting DNA copy number alterations (CNA). Because diffuse malignant gliomas are often sampled by small biopsies, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) blocks are often the only tissue available for genetic analysis; FFPE tissues are also needed to study the intratumoral heterogeneity that characterizes these neoplasms. In this paper, we present a combination of evaluations and technical advances that provide strong support for the ready use of oligonucleotide aCGH on FFPE diffuse gliomas. We first compared aCGH using bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) arrays in 45 paired frozen and FFPE gliomas, and demonstrate a high concordance rate between FFPE and frozen DNA in an individual clone-level analysis of sensitivity and specificity, assuring that under certain array conditions, frozen and FFPE DNA can perform nearly identically. However, because oligonucleotide arrays offer advantages to BAC arrays in genomic coverage and practical availability, we next developed a method of labeling DNA from FFPE tissue that allows efficient hybridization to oligonucleotide arrays. To demonstrate utility in FFPE tissues, we applied this approach to biphasic anaplastic oligoastrocytomas and demonstrate CNA differences between DNA obtained from the two components. Therefore, BAC and oligonucleotide aCGH can be sensitive and specific tools for detecting CNAs in FFPE DNA, and novel labeling techniques enable the routine use of oligonucleotide arrays for FFPE DNA. In combination, these advances should facilitate genome-wide analysis of rare, small and/or histologically heterogeneous gliomas from FFPE tissues.
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- Gayatry Mohapatra
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Petti M, Samanich J, Pan Q, Huang CK, Reinmund J, Farooqi S, Morrow B, Babcock M. Molecular characterization of an interstitial deletion of 1p31.3 in a patient with obesity and psychiatric illness and a review of the literature. Am J Med Genet A 2011; 155A:825-32. [PMID: 21416589 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We report on the clinical and array-based characterization of an interstitial 1p31.3 deletion in a 15-year-old male patient with obesity, behavioral problems including multiple psychiatric diagnoses, mild intellectual impairment, facial dysmorphism, and a strong family history of psychiatric illness. The deletion breakpoints were determined by molecular karyotyping, revealing a 3.2 Mb excision. Patients previously reported with hemizygous deletions including this cytogenetic band had intellectual impairment and some facial features that overlap with our patient's phenotype. However, their deletions were larger, encompassing several cytogenetic bands, making this case the smallest deletion to date that we are aware of sharing these phenotypic characteristics. There are 17 genes that map to the interval. Two genes within the interval, LEPR and PDE4B, are interesting candidates for these phenotypes because of their potential role in obesity and psychiatric illness, respectively. Identification of the smaller deletion underscores the importance of combining clinical investigation and array comparative genomic hybridization analysis for appropriate diagnosis, genetic counseling and potentially for prenatal diagnosis.
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- Marilena Petti
- Division of Translational Genetics, Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Hayashi S, Imoto I, Aizu Y, Okamoto N, Mizuno S, Kurosawa K, Okamoto N, Honda S, Araki S, Mizutani S, Numabe H, Saitoh S, Kosho T, Fukushima Y, Mitsubuchi H, Endo F, Chinen Y, Kosaki R, Okuyama T, Ohki H, Yoshihashi H, Ono M, Takada F, Ono H, Yagi M, Matsumoto H, Makita Y, Hata A, Inazawa J. Clinical application of array-based comparative genomic hybridization by two-stage screening for 536 patients with mental retardation and multiple congenital anomalies. J Hum Genet 2010; 56:110-24. [DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sugimura H, Mori H, Nagura K, Kiyose SI, Tao H, Hong T, Isozaki M, Igarashi H, Shinmura K, Hasegawa A, Kitayama Y, Tanioka F. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis with a tissue microarray: 'FISH and chips' analysis of pathology archives. Pathol Int 2010; 60:543-50. [PMID: 20618731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2010.02561.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Practicing pathologists expect major somatic genetic changes in cancers, because the morphological deviations in the cancers they diagnose are so great that the somatic genetic changes to direct these phenotypes of tumors are supposed to be correspondingly tremendous. Several lines of evidence, especially lines generated by high-throughput genomic sequencing and genome-wide analyses of cancer DNAs are verifying their preoccupations. This article reviews a comprehensive morphological approach to pathology archives that consists of fluorescence in situ hybridization with bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) probes and screening with tissue microarrays to detect structural changes in chromosomes (copy number alterations and rearrangements) in specimens of human solid tumors. The potential of this approach in the attempt to provide individually tailored medical practice, especially in terms of cancer therapy, is discussed.
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- Haruhiko Sugimura
- Department of Pathology, Hamamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Higashi-ward, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan.
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Rajcan-Separovic E, Diego-Alvarez D, Robinson WP, Tyson C, Qiao Y, Harvard C, Fawcett C, Kalousek D, Philipp T, Somerville MJ, Stephenson MD. Identification of copy number variants in miscarriages from couples with idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss. Hum Reprod 2010; 25:2913-22. [PMID: 20847186 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), defined as two or more miscarriages, affects 3-5% of couples trying to establish a family. Despite extensive evaluation, no factor is identified in ∼40% of cases. In this study, we investigated the possibility that submicroscopic chromosomal changes, not detectable by conventional cytogenetic analysis, exist in miscarriages with normal karyotypes (46,XY or 46,XX) from couples with idiopathic RPL. METHODS Array comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) was used to assess for DNA copy number variants (CNVs) in 26 miscarriages with normal karyotypes. Parental array-CGH analysis was performed to determine if miscarriage CNVs were de novo or inherited. RESULTS There were 11 unique (previously not described) CNVs, all inherited, identified in 13 miscarriages from 8 couples. The maternal origin of two CNVs was of interest as they involved the imprinted genes TIMP2 and CTNNA3, which are only normally expressed from the maternal copy in the placenta. Two additional cohorts, consisting of 282 women with recurrent miscarriage (RM) and 61 fertile women, were screened for these two CNVs using a Quantitative Multiplex Fluorescent PCR of Short Fragments assay. One woman with RM, but none of the fertile women, carried the CTNNA3-associated CNV. CONCLUSIONS This preliminary study shows that array-CGH is useful for detecting CNVs in cases of RPL. Further investigations of CNVs, particularly those involving genes that are imprinted in placenta, in women with RPL could be worthwhile.
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- E Rajcan-Separovic
- Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Siggberg L, Ala-Mello S, Jaakkola E, Kuusinen E, Schuit R, Kohlhase J, Böhm D, Ignatius J, Knuutila S. Array CGH in molecular diagnosis of mental retardation - A study of 150 Finnish patients. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 152A:1398-410. [PMID: 20503314 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We report on the results of an array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) study of 150 karyotypically normal Finnish patients with idiopathic mental retardation and/or dysmorphic features and/or malformations. Using high-resolution microarray analysis, we sought to identify clinically relevant microdeletions and microduplications in these patients. The results were confirmed using other methods and compared with findings reported in recent publications and internet databases. Small aberrations of potential clinical significance were found in 28 (18.6%) of the 150 patients. Eight of the identified aberrations are known to cause syndromes, 4 affected the X chromosome in males, 4 were familial, and 13 have yet to be associated with a phenotype. This study demonstrates the benefits of array CGH in clinical diagnostics of developmental disorders. Further, our findings give evidence of new syndromes.
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- Linda Siggberg
- Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Schluth-Bolard C, Sanlaville D, Labalme A, Till M, Morin I, Touraine R, Edery P. 17p13.1 microdeletion involving the TP53 gene in a boy presenting with mental retardation but no tumor. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 152A:1278-82. [PMID: 20425836 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report on the diagnosis of a 17p13.1 deletion in a 10-year-old boy. The patient presented with mild developmental delay, facial dysmorphism, joint hyperlaxity, pes planus, hypermetropia, hearing loss, and achromic patches following the Blaschko's lines on the right part of the thorax. Chromosome R-banding was normal. Array CGH using a 244 K oligonucleotide array showed a homogeneous de novo 17p13.1 microdeletion of 400 kb involving TP53 and 25 other genes, including genes involved in brain function (EFNB3, FXR2). To our knowledge, six patients presenting with a constitutional 17p13.1 microdeletion involving the TP53 gene have been reported. We discuss the phenotype of this microdeletion and the genetic counseling issues, especially regarding the risk of cancer associated with the deletion of the TP53 gene.
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Yu S, Shao L, Kilbride H, Zwick DL. Haploinsufficiencies of FOXF1 and FOXC2 genes associated with lethal alveolar capillary dysplasia and congenital heart disease. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 152A:1257-62. [PMID: 20425831 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Neonatal deaths account for about 67% of all deaths during the first year of life in the USA. Genetic defects are important factors contributing to neonatal deaths and congenital anomalies. Here we report on the identification of a 1.37 Mb de novo deletion of chromosome 16q24.1-q24.2 by microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) technique in a newborn boy with lethal severe alveolar capillary dysplasia and multiple congenital anomalies who died of irreversible pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure and cor pulmonale at three days of age. The phenotypic findings and causal genes (FOXF1 and FOXC2) involved in producing this unusual syndrome are detailed. Our findings independently confirm the results in a previous publication describing multiple patients with similar clinical and genetic observations, and highlight the importance of scanning human genomes at high resolution for identifications of micro-imbalances as pathogenic causes in neonates with unexplained congenital anomalies. (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Shihui Yu
- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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Sbruzzi IC, Pereira AC, Vasconcelos B, Honjo RS, Krieger JE, Kim CA. Williams-Beuren syndrome: diagnosis by polymorphic markers. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2010; 14:209-14. [PMID: 20136526 DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2009.0120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is caused by a 1-2 Mb microdeletion in the region 7q11.23. The clinical presentation may vary and most of the connective tissue abnormalities can be explained by the haploinsufficiency of the ELN gene in this region. The purpose of this study was to determine the value of a polymerase chain reaction assay that uses three polymorphic markers to detect the microdeletion and compare the clinical features. Thirty-two patients with WBS were ascertained accordingly to clinical diagnostic criteria. The markers D7S1870, ELN 17/exon 18, and Hei 1.3/1.4 were designed to detect the heterozygosity in the region 7q11.23. The three markers were informative in 78% and uninformative in 22% of the cases. The most informative marker (69%) was D7S1870, followed by Hei (55%) and ELN 17/exon 18 (44%). The microdeletion was present in 56% and absent in 22% of patients. The craniofacial and cardiovascular abnormalities did not have significant statistical differences in the cases with and without microdeletion. Two of the syndrome characteristics (an overfriendly personality and hyperacusis) were more frequent in the microdeletion group and these differences were statistically significant (p = 0.006 and p = 0.02, respectively). Polymorphic markers might be a good alternative for the molecular diagnosis of WBS in centers where fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis is not available.
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- Ivanete C Sbruzzi
- Instituto da Criança, FMUSP, Unidade de Genética Clínica, São Paulo, Brazil
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Regier DA, Friedman JM, Marra CA. Value for money? Array genomic hybridization for diagnostic testing for genetic causes of intellectual disability. Am J Hum Genet 2010; 86:765-72. [PMID: 20398885 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 03/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Array genomic hybridization (AGH) provides a higher detection rate than does conventional cytogenetic testing when searching for chromosomal imbalance causing intellectual disability (ID). AGH is more costly than conventional cytogenetic testing, and it remains unclear whether AGH provides good value for money. Decision analytic modeling was used to evaluate the trade-off between costs, clinical effectiveness, and benefit of an AGH testing strategy compared to a conventional testing strategy. The trade-off between cost and effectiveness was expressed via the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis was performed via Monte Carlo simulation. The baseline AGH testing strategy led to an average cost increase of $217 (95% CI $172-$261) per patient and an additional 8.2 diagnoses in every 100 tested (0.082; 95% CI 0.044-0.119). The mean incremental cost per additional diagnosis was $2646 (95% CI $1619-$5296). Probabilistic sensitivity analysis demonstrated that there was a 95% probability that AGH would be cost effective if decision makers were willing to pay $4550 for an additional diagnosis. Our model suggests that using AGH instead of conventional karyotyping for most ID patients provides good value for money. Deterministic sensitivity analysis found that employing AGH after first-line cytogenetic testing had proven uninformative did not provide good value for money when compared to using AGH as first-line testing.
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- Dean A Regier
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Yu S, Kielt M, Stegner AL, Kibiryeva N, Bittel DC, Cooley LD. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for the verification of genomic imbalances detected by microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2010; 13:751-60. [PMID: 20001581 DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2009.0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The American College of Medical Genetics guidelines for microarray analysis for constitutional cytogenetic abnormalities require abnormal or ambiguous results from microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) analysis be confirmed by an alternative method. We employed quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) technology using SYBR Green I reagents for confirmation of 93 abnormal aCGH results (50 deletions and 43 duplications) and 54 parental samples. A novel qPCR protocol using DNA sequences coding for X-linked lethal diseases in males for designing reference primers was established. Of the 81 sets of test primers used for confirmation of 93 abnormal copy number variants (CNVs) in 80 patients, 71 sets worked after the initial primer design (88%), 9 sets were redesigned once, and 1 set twice because of poor amplification. Fifty-four parental samples were tested using 33 sets of test primers to follow up 34 CNVs in 30 patients. Nineteen CNVs were confirmed as inherited, 13 were negative in both parents, and 2 were inconclusive due to a negative result in a single parent. The qPCR assessment clarified aCGH results in two cases and corrected a fluorescence in situ hybridization result in one case. Our data illustrate that qPCR methodology using SYBR Green I reagents is accurate, highly sensitive, specific, rapid, and cost-effective for verification of chromosomal imbalances detected by aCGH in the clinical setting.
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- Shihui Yu
- Department of Pathology, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, and University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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