High efficiency and clinical relevance of exome sequencing in the daily practice of neurogenetics

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficiency and relevance of clinical exome sequencing (cES) as a first-tier or second-tier test for the diagnosis of progressive neurological disorders in the daily practice of Neurology and Genetic Departments.

METHODS: Sixty-seven probands with various progressive neurological disorders (cerebellar ataxias, neuromuscular disorders, spastic paraplegias, movement disorders and individuals with complex phenotypes labelled 'other') were recruited over a 4-year period regardless of their age, gender, familial history and clinical framework. Individuals could have had prior genetic tests as long as it was not cES. cES was performed in a proband-only (60/67) or trio (7/67) strategy depending on available samples and was analysed with an in-house pipeline including software for CNV and mitochondrial-DNA variant detection.

RESULTS: In 29/67 individuals, cES identified clearly pathogenic variants leading to a 43% positive yield. When performed as a first-tier test, cES identified pathogenic variants for 53% of individuals (10/19). Difficult cases were solved including double diagnoses within a kindred or identification of a neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation in a patient with encephalopathy of suspected mitochondrial origin.

CONCLUSION: This study shows that cES is a powerful tool for the daily practice of neurogenetics offering an efficient (43%) and appropriate approach for clinically and genetically complex and heterogeneous disorders.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

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Journal of medical genetics - 59(2022), 5 vom: 04. Mai, Seite 445-452

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thomas, Quentin [VerfasserIn]
Vitobello, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Tran Mau-Them, Frederic [VerfasserIn]
Duffourd, Yannis [VerfasserIn]
Fromont, Agnès [VerfasserIn]
Giroud, Maurice [VerfasserIn]
Daubail, Benoit [VerfasserIn]
Jacquin-Piques, Agnès [VerfasserIn]
Hervieu-Begue, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Moreau, Thibault [VerfasserIn]
Osseby, Guy-Victor [VerfasserIn]
Garret, Philippine [VerfasserIn]
Nambot, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Delanne, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Bruel, Ange-Line [VerfasserIn]
Sorlin, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Callier, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Denomme-Pichon, Anne-Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Faivre, Laurence [VerfasserIn]
Béjot, Yannick [VerfasserIn]
Philippe, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Thauvin-Robinet, Christel [VerfasserIn]
Moutton, Sébastien [VerfasserIn]

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Clinical laboratory techniques
Journal Article
Molecular diagnostic techniques
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurology

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Date Completed 26.04.2022

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107369

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NLM326342559