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ReviewThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2016

Exome and genome sequencing for inborn errors of immunity.

Isabelle Meyts, Barbara Bosch, Alexandre Bolze, Bertrand Boisson, Yuval Itan, Aziz Belkadi, Vincent Pedergnana, Leen Moens, Capucine Picard, Aurélie Cobat and 3 more

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Review in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

114 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Isabelle MeytsDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Childhood Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: Isabelle.Meyts@uzleuven.be.
Barbara BoschDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Alexandre BolzeSt Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Helix, San Carlos, Calif.
Bertrand BoissonSt Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.
Yuval ItanSt Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY.
Aziz BelkadiLaboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.
Vincent PedergnanaLaboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Leen MoensLaboratory Medicine, Experimental Laboratory Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Capucine PicardLaboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Study Center for Immunodeficiency, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
Aurélie CobatLaboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.
Xavier BossuytLaboratory Medicine, Experimental Laboratory Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Laurent AbelSt Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.
Jean-Laurent CasanovaSt Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY; Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM U1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, France; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY; Pediatric Hematology and Immunology Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France.

Funding

Genome-Wide Dissection of Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial DiseaseR37AI095983 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI CASANOVA, JEAN-LAURENT · 2011 to 2020
$4.6M
European Research Council 268777NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI095983
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in 2010 has transformed medicine, particularly the growing field of inborn errors of immunity. NGS has facilitated the discovery of novel disease-causing genes and the genetic diagnosis of patients with monogenic inborn errors of immunity. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) is presently the most cost-effective approach for research and diagnostics, although whole-genome sequencing offers several advantages. The scientific or diagnostic challenge consists in selecting 1 or 2 candidate variants among thousands of NGS calls. Variant- and gene-level computational methods, as well as immunologic hypotheses, can help narrow down this genome-wide search. The key to success is a well-informed genetic hypothesis on 3 key aspects: mode of inheritance, clinical penetrance, and genetic heterogeneity of the condition. This determines the search strategy and selection criteria for candidate alleles. Subsequent functional validation of the disease-causing effect of the candidate variant is critical. Even the most up-to-date dry lab cannot clinch this validation without a seasoned wet lab. The multifariousness of variations entails an experimental rigor even greater than traditional Sanger sequencing-based approaches in order not to assign a condition to an irrelevant variant. Finding the needle in the haystack takes patience, prudence, and discernment.

Indexed as

Genetic Diseases, InbornExomeGenetic VariationGenome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesNext-generation sequencingprimary immunodeficiencytargeted sequencingwhole-exome sequencingwhole-genome sequencing

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PMID27720020
PMCPMC5074686

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