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ReviewJournal of inherited metabolic disease2018

The functional genomics laboratory: functional validation of genetic variants.

Richard J Rodenburg

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Review in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard J RodenburgRadboudumc, Radboud Center for Mitochondrial Medicine, 774 Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, PO Box 9101, 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. richard.rodenburg@radboudumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-5227-3527
Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, one of the main challenges in human molecular genetics is the interpretation of rare genetic variants of unknown clinical significance. A conclusive diagnosis is of importance for the patient to obtain certainty about the cause of the disease, for the clinician to be able to provide optimal care to the patient and to predict the disease course, and for the clinical geneticist for genetic counseling of the patient and family members. Conclusive evidence for pathogenicity of genetic variants is therefore crucial. This review gives an introduction to the problem of the interpretation of genetic variants of unknown clinical significance in view of the recent advances in genetic screening, and gives an overview of the possibilities for functional tests that can be performed to answer questions about the function of genes and the functional consequences of genetic variants ("functional genomics") in the field of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM), including several examples of functional genomics studies of mitochondrial disorders and several other IEM.

Indexed as

LaboratoriesPolymorphism, GeneticAnimalsClinical Laboratory TechniquesGenetic TestingGenomicsHumansMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsMitochondrial DiseasesValidation Studies as Topic

Identifiers

PMID29445992
PMCPMC5959958
OpenAlexW2791866962

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