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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2018

Bioinformatics Tools and Databases to Assess the Pathogenicity of Mitochondrial DNA Variants in the Field of Next Generation Sequencing.

Céline Bris, David Goudenege, Valérie Desquiret-Dumas, Majida Charif, Estelle Colin, Dominique Bonneau, Patrizia Amati-Bonneau, Guy Lenaers, Pascal Reynier, Vincent Procaccio

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 71 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Céline BrisUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
David GoudenegeUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Valérie Desquiret-DumasUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Majida CharifUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Estelle ColinUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Dominique BonneauUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Patrizia Amati-BonneauUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Guy LenaersUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Pascal ReynierUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Vincent ProcaccioUMR CNRS 6015-INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers University, Angers, France.
Département Génétique Animale · FRInserm · FRUniversité d'Angers · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of next generation sequencing (NGS) has greatly enhanced the diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders, with a systematic analysis of the whole mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence and better detection sensitivity. However, the exponential growth of sequencing data renders complex the interpretation of the identified variants, thereby posing new challenges for the molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases. Indeed, mtDNA sequencing by NGS requires specific bioinformatics tools and the adaptation of those developed for nuclear DNA, for the detection and quantification of mtDNA variants from sequence alignment to the calling steps, in order to manage the specific features of the mitochondrial genome including heteroplasmy, i.e., coexistence of mutant and wildtype mtDNA copies. The prioritization of mtDNA variants remains difficult, relying on a limited number of specific resources: population and clinical databases, and

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bioinformaticsmitochondriamitochondrial diseasesmitochondrial DNAmtDNA variant interpretationnext generation sequencing

Identifiers

PMID30619459
PMCPMC6297213
OpenAlexW2903912180

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