Developments in genetics and genomics are progressing at an unprecedented *** years ago,the human genome project provided the first glimpses into the human genome sequence and launched a new era of human *** emerging ...
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Developments in genetics and genomics are progressing at an unprecedented *** years ago,the human genome project provided the first glimpses into the human genome sequence and launched a new era of human *** emerging of next-generation sequencing(NGS)in 2005 then made possible comprehensive genetic testing such as exome sequencing and genome ***,great efforts have been put into the optimization of bioinformatic pipelines to make increasingly speedy and accurate variant analyses based on NGS *** advances in sequencing technologies and analytical methods have revolutionized the diagnostic odyssey of suspected hereditary *** recently,the genotype-phenotype relationship and polygenic risk scores(PRSs)generated from genome-wide association studies have expanded our horizon from rare genetic mutations to a genomic landscape implicated by the combined effect of both rare variants and *** the same time,clinicians and genetic counselors are facing huge challenges conferred by overwhelming genomic knowledge and long sheets of testing reports for comprehensive genomic *** path toward the“next-generation”clinical genetics and genomics may underlie semiautomatic pipelines assisted by artificial intelligence techniques.
The Patched 1(PTCH1)gene encodes a membrane receptor involved in the Hedge-hog(Hh)signaling pathway,an abnormal state of which may result in congenital defects or hu-man *** this study,we conducted whole-exome sequenc...
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The Patched 1(PTCH1)gene encodes a membrane receptor involved in the Hedge-hog(Hh)signaling pathway,an abnormal state of which may result in congenital defects or hu-man *** this study,we conducted whole-exome sequencing on a three-generation Chinese family characterized with variable penetrance of orofacial clefts.A rare heterozygous variant in the PTCH1 gene(c.2833C>T p.R945X)was identified as a disease-associated *** modeling revealed a truncation starting from the middle of the second extracellular domain of PTCH1 *** may damage its ligand recognition and sterol transportation abilities,thereby affecting the Hh signaling *** assays indi-cated that the R945X protein had reduced stability compared to the wild-type in *** addi-tion,we reviewed the locations and mutation types of PTCH1 variants in individuals with clefting phenotypes,and analyzed the associations between clefts and locations or types of variants within *** findings provide further evidence that PTCH1 variants result in or-ofacial clefts,and contributed to genetic counseling and clinical surveillance in this family.
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