Using secondary structure to predict the effects of genetic variants on alternative splicing

R Wang, Y Wang, Z Hu - Human mutation, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate interpretation of genomic variants that alter RNA splicing is critical to precision
medicine. We present a computational framework, Prediction of variant Effect on Percent …

CAGI experiments: modeling sequence variant impact on gene splicing using predictions from computational tools

V Gotea, G Margolin, L Elnitski - Human mutation, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Improving predictions of phenotypic consequences for genomic variants is part of ongoing
efforts in the scientific community to gain meaningful insights into genomic function. Within …

Combining genetic constraint with predictions of alternative splicing to prioritize deleterious splicing in rare disease studies

MJ Cormier, BS Pedersen, P Bayrak-Toydemir… - BMC …, 2022 - Springer
Background Despite numerous molecular and computational advances, roughly half of
patients with a rare disease remain undiagnosed after exome or genome sequencing. A …

Benchmarking splice variant prediction algorithms using massively parallel splicing assays

C Smith, JO Kitzman - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Variants that disrupt mRNA splicing account for a sizable fraction of the
pathogenic burden in many genetic disorders, but identifying splice-disruptive variants …

CI-SpliceAI—improving machine learning predictions of disease causing splicing variants using curated alternative splice sites

Y Strauch, J Lord, M Niranjan, D Baralle - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background It is estimated that up to 50% of all disease causing variants disrupt splicing.
Due to its complexity, our ability to predict which variants disrupt splicing is limited, meaning …

SPiP: Splicing Prediction Pipeline, a machine learning tool for massive detection of exonic and intronic variant effects on mRNA splicing

R Leman, B Parfait, D Vidaud, E Girodon… - Human …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modeling splicing is essential for tackling the challenge of variant interpretation as each
nucleotide variation can be pathogenic by affecting pre‐mRNA splicing via …

Introme accurately predicts the impact of coding and noncoding variants on gene splicing, with clinical applications

PJ Sullivan, V Gayevskiy, RL Davis, M Wong, C Mayoh… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Predicting the impact of coding and noncoding variants on splicing is challenging,
particularly in non-canonical splice sites, leading to missed diagnoses in patients. Existing …

SpliceAPP: an interactive web server to predict splicing errors arising from human mutations

AC Huang, JY Su, YJ Hung, HL Chiang, YT Chen… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Splicing variants are a major class of pathogenic mutations, with their severity
equivalent to nonsense mutations. However, redundant and degenerate splicing signals …

CAGI 5 splicing challenge: improved exon skipping and intron retention predictions with MMSplice

J Cheng, MH Çelik, TYD Nguyen, Ž Avsec… - Human …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogenic genetic variants often primarily affect splicing. However, it remains difficult to
quantitatively predict whether and how genetic variants affect splicing. In 2018, the fifth …

Quantitative prediction of variant effects on alternative splicing using endogenous pre-messenger RNA structure probing

J Kumar, L Lackey, JM Waldern, A Dey, DH Mathews… - Biorxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Splicing is a highly regulated process that depends on numerous factors. It is particularly
challenging to quantitatively predict how a mutation will affect precursor messenger RNA …