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ArticlePLoS computational biology2010

Accurate distinction of pathogenic from benign CNVs in mental retardation.

Jayne Y Hehir-Kwa, Nienke Wieskamp, Caleb Webber, Rolph Pfundt, Han G Brunner, Christian Gilissen, Bert B A de Vries, Chris P Ponting, Joris A Veltman

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jayne Y Hehir-KwaRadboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Human Genetics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Nienke Wieskamp
Caleb Webber
Rolph Pfundt
Han G Brunner
Christian Gilissen
Bert B A de Vries
Chris P Ponting
Joris A Veltman
Radboud University Medical Center · NLGenomics (United Kingdom) · GBRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U137761446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copy number variants (CNVs) have recently been recognized as a common form of genomic variation in humans. Hundreds of CNVs can be detected in any individual genome using genomic microarrays or whole genome sequencing technology, but their phenotypic consequences are still poorly understood. Rare CNVs have been reported as a frequent cause of neurological disorders such as mental retardation (MR), schizophrenia and autism, prompting widespread implementation of CNV screening in diagnostics. In previous studies we have shown that, in contrast to benign CNVs, MR-associated CNVs are significantly enriched in genes whose mouse orthologues, when disrupted, result in a nervous system phenotype. In this study we developed and validated a novel computational method for differentiating between benign and MR-associated CNVs using structural and functional genomic features to annotate each CNV. In total 13 genomic features were included in the final version of a Naïve Bayesian Tree classifier, with LINE density and mouse knock-out phenotypes contributing most to the classifier's accuracy. After demonstrating that our method (called GECCO) perfectly classifies CNVs causing known MR-associated syndromes, we show that it achieves high accuracy (94%) and negative predictive value (99%) on a blinded test set of more than 1,200 CNVs from a large cohort of individuals with MR. These results indicate that this classification method will be of value for objectively prioritizing CNVs in clinical research and diagnostics.

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DNA Copy Number VariationsModels, GeneticAnimalsBayes TheoremCohort StudiesHumansIntellectual DisabilityMiceMice, KnockoutPhenotypePredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of Results

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PMID20421931
PMCPMC2858682
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