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ArticleGenetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2019

Clinical implications of systematic phenotyping and exome sequencing in patients with primary antibody deficiency.

Hassan Abolhassani, Asghar Aghamohammadi, Mingyan Fang, Nima Rezaei, Chongyi Jiang, Xiao Liu, Qiang Pan-Hammarström, Lennart Hammarström

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Article in Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Hassan AbolhassaniDivision of Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
Asghar AghamohammadiResearch Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mingyan FangDivision of Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nima RezaeiResearch Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Chongyi JiangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
Xiao LiuBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
Qiang Pan-HammarströmDivision of Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lennart HammarströmDivision of Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden. lennart.hammarstrom@ki.se.
BGI Group (China) · CNTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRChildren's Medical Center · IRChina National GeneBank · CNKarolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe etiology of 80% of patients with primary antibody deficiency (PAD), the second most common type of human immune system disorder after human immunodeficiency virus infection, is yet unknown.

methodsClinical/immunological phenotyping and exome sequencing of a cohort of 126 PAD patients (55.5% male, 95.2% childhood onset) born to predominantly consanguineous parents (82.5%) with unknown genetic defects were performed. The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics criteria were used for validation of pathogenicity of the variants.

resultsThis genetic approach and subsequent immunological investigations identified potential disease-causing variants in 86 patients (68.2%); however, 27 of these patients (31.4%) carried autosomal dominant (24.4%) and X-linked (7%) gene defects. This genetic approach led to the identification of new phenotypes in 19 known genes (38 patients) and the discovery of a new genetic defect (CD70 pathogenic variants in 2 patients). Medical implications of a definite genetic diagnosis were reported in ~50% of the patients.

conclusionDue to misclassification of the conventional approach for targeted sequencing, employing next-generation sequencing as a preliminary step of molecular diagnostic approach to patients with PAD is crucial for management and treatment of the patients and their family members.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingGenomicsAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetChildChild, PreschoolExomeExome SequencingFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmune System DiseasesMaleMutationDysgammaglobulinemiaExome sequencingGenetic diagnosisPrimary antibody deficiency

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