Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

D Taliun, DN Harris, MD Kessler, J Carlson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) programme seeks to elucidate
the genetic architecture and biology of heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, with the …

Human leukocyte antigen super-locus: nexus of genomic supergenes, SNPs, indels, transcripts, and haplotypes

JK Kulski, S Suzuki, T Shiina - Human Genome Variation, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) or Human Leukocyte Antigen
(HLA) super-locus is a highly polymorphic genomic region that encodes more than 140 …

Diagnostic interpretation of genetic studies in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases: a working group report of the Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases …

IK Chinn, AY Chan, K Chen, J Chou, MJ Dorsey… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Genetic testing has become an integral component of the diagnostic evaluation of patients
with suspected primary immunodeficiency diseases. Results of genetic testing can have a …

Mapping and phasing of structural variation in patient genomes using nanopore sequencing

M Cretu Stancu, MJ Van Roosmalen, I Renkens… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Despite improvements in genomics technology, the detection of structural variants (SVs)
from short-read sequencing still poses challenges, particularly for complex variation. Here …

Transethnic analysis of psoriasis susceptibility in South Asians and Europeans enhances fine mapping in the MHC and genome wide

PE Stuart, LC Tsoi, RP Nair, M Ghosh, M Kabra… - Human Genetics and …, 2022 - cell.com
Because transethnic analysis may facilitate prioritization of causal genetic variants, we
performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of psoriasis in South Asians (SAS) …

[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art genome inference in the human MHC

AT Dilthey - The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) on the short arm of chromosome 6 is
associated with more diseases than any other region of the genome; it encodes the antigen …

Systematic genetic analysis of the MHC region reveals mechanistic underpinnings of HLA type associations with disease

M D'Antonio, J Reyna, D Jakubosky, MKR Donovan… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The MHC region is highly associated with autoimmune and infectious diseases. Here we
conduct an in-depth interrogation of associations between genetic variation, gene …

Benchmarking the HLA typing performance of Polysolver and Optitype in 50 Danish parental trios

ML Matey-Hernandez, S Brunak, JMG Izarzugaza - BMC bioinformatics, 2018 - Springer
Background The adaptive immune response intrinsically depends on hypervariable human
leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes. Concomitantly, correct HLA phenotyping is crucial for …

JTK: targeted diploid genome assembler

B Masutani, Y Suzuki, Y Suzuki, S Morishita - Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Diploid assembly, or determining sequences of homologous chromosomes
separately, is essential to elucidate genetic differences between haplotypes. One approach …

SNP-density crossover maps of polymorphic transposable elements and HLA genes within MHC class I haplotype blocks and junction

JK Kulski, S Suzuki, T Shiina - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The genomic region (~ 4 Mb) of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on
chromosome 6p21 is a prime model for the study and understanding of conserved …