Categoría: Open access
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Uterine serous carcinoma and germline genetic testing: patterns of referral, completion and pathogenic variant detection
BackgroundCurrent guidelines recommend consideration of germline genetic testing for patients with uterine serous carcinoma (USC) but real-world data are limited on completion rates of testing and pathogenic variant (PV) identification. This study aime…
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Uterine serous carcinoma and germline genetic testing: patterns of referral, completion and pathogenic variant detection
BackgroundCurrent guidelines recommend consideration of germline genetic testing for patients with uterine serous carcinoma (USC) but real-world data are limited on completion rates of testing and pathogenic variant (PV) identification. This study aime…
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Best practice recommendations for bioinformatics approaches applied to high-throughput sequencing for rare disease and cancer diagnosis within the UK National Health Service
BackgroundEstablishing best practice recommendations helps to increase consistency, equity and innovation in clinical genomics services. Bioinformatics approaches are a core component of clinical genomics services that use high-throughput genomic seque…
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Best practice recommendations for bioinformatics approaches applied to high-throughput sequencing for rare disease and cancer diagnosis within the UK National Health Service
BackgroundEstablishing best practice recommendations helps to increase consistency, equity and innovation in clinical genomics services. Bioinformatics approaches are a core component of clinical genomics services that use high-throughput genomic seque…
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Pathogenic mobile element insertion in the MEN1 gene mimicking a deletion in MLPA: characterisation by long-read sequencing
BackgroundMobile element insertions (MEIs) disrupting coding sequences are rare but clinically significant mutations that are often missed by standard next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosoma…
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Pathogenic mobile element insertion in the MEN1 gene mimicking a deletion in MLPA: characterisation by long-read sequencing
BackgroundMobile element insertions (MEIs) disrupting coding sequences are rare but clinically significant mutations that are often missed by standard next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosoma…
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VHL gene fragment analysis: large inversion detection in Alu region for clinical applications
von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) is an autosomal-dominant tumour susceptibility disorder associated with pathogenic germline variants in the VHL gene that put patients at increased risk of developing benign and malignant tumours within various organs. While cur…
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VHL gene fragment analysis: large inversion detection in Alu region for clinical applications
von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) is an autosomal-dominant tumour susceptibility disorder associated with pathogenic germline variants in the VHL gene that put patients at increased risk of developing benign and malignant tumours within various organs. While cur…
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Later age of natural menopause among women with the pathogenic CHEK2 c.1100delC variant: a validation study
Background The average age of natural menopause (ANM) for European women is 50–52 years. Reproductive risk and lifestyle factors have been found to be associated with ANM. Furthermore, a genome-wide association study found that women with a CHEK…
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Frequency of familial hypercholesterolaemia-causing genetic variants in the 100 000 Genomes Project cohort: whole genome sequencing analyses of 77 260 participants
Background Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH) is caused by pathogenic variants in LDLR, APOB, APOE or PCSK9, leading to elevated low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and increased cardiovascular risk. In the UK, HeFH affects ~1 in 288 i…