Precision medicine in rare diseases: What is next?

B Tesi, C Boileau, KM Boycott… - Journal of Internal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular diagnostics is a cornerstone of modern precision medicine, broadly understood
as tailoring an individual's treatment, follow‐up, and care based on molecular data. In rare …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of whole genome sequencing into a healthcare setting: high diagnostic rates across multiple clinical entities in 3219 rare disease patients

H Stranneheim, K Lagerstedt-Robinson… - Genome Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background We report the findings from 4437 individuals (3219 patients and 1218 relatives)
who have been analyzed by whole genome sequencing (WGS) at the Genomic Medicine …

Exome and genome sequencing: a revolution for the discovery and diagnosis of monogenic disorders

H Stranneheim, A Wedell - Journal of internal medicine, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Massively parallel DNA sequencing has revolutionized analyses of human genetic variation.
From having been out of reach for individual research groups and even more so for clinical …

[HTML][HTML] A 26-hour system of highly sensitive whole genome sequencing for emergency management of genetic diseases

NA Miller, EG Farrow, M Gibson, LK Willig, G Twist… - Genome medicine, 2015 - Springer
While the cost of whole genome sequencing (WGS) is approaching the realm of routine
medical tests, it remains too tardy to help guide the management of many acute medical …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of short-read sequence aligners indicates strengths and weaknesses for biologists to consider

R Musich, L Cadle-Davidson, MV Osier - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aligning short-read sequences is the foundational step to most genomic and transcriptomic
analyses, but not all tools perform equally, and choosing among the growing body of …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing precision medicine in a regionally organized healthcare system in Sweden

T Fioretos, V Wirta, L Cavelier, E Berglund… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To the Editor—An increasing number of precision medicine initiatives have been launched
worldwide, with Genomics England as the pioneering flagship project 1. Although some …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation plasma proteome profiling to monitor health and disease

W Zhong, F Edfors, A Gummesson, G Bergström… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The need for precision medicine approaches to monitor health and disease makes it
important to develop sensitive and accurate assays for proteome profiles in blood. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] From cytogenetics to cytogenomics: whole-genome sequencing as a first-line test comprehensively captures the diverse spectrum of disease-causing genetic …

A Lindstrand, J Eisfeldt, M Pettersson, CMB Carvalho… - Genome medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Since different types of genetic variants, from single nucleotide variants (SNVs)
to large chromosomal rearrangements, underlie intellectual disability, we evaluated the use …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of whole-genome sequencing for detection of newborn screening disorders in a population cohort of 1,696 neonates

DL Bodian, E Klein, RK Iyer, WSW Wong… - Genetics in …, 2016 - nature.com
Purpose: To assess the potential of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to replicate and
augment results from conventional blood-based newborn screening (NBS). Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Absence of the autophagy adaptor SQSTM1/p62 causes childhood-onset neurodegeneration with ataxia, dystonia, and gaze palsy

TB Haack, E Ignatius, J Calvo-Garrido, A Iuso… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
SQSTM1 (sequestosome 1; also known as p62) encodes a multidomain scaffolding protein
involved in various key cellular processes, including the removal of damaged mitochondria …