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ArticleMolecular cytogenetics2019

Targeted capture enrichment followed by NGS: development and validation of a single comprehensive NIPT for chromosomal aneuploidies, microdeletion syndromes and monogenic diseases.

George Koumbaris, Achilleas Achilleos, Michalis Nicolaou, Charalambos Loizides, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Elena Kypri, Petros Mina, Carolina Sismani, Voula Velissariou, Georgia Christopoulou and 6 more

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George KoumbarisNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Achilleas AchilleosNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Michalis NicolaouNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Charalambos LoizidesNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Kyriakos TsangarasNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Elena KypriNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Petros MinaNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Carolina Sismani2The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, International Airport Avenue, 6, Ayios Dometios, Nicosia, 2370 Cyprus.
Voula VelissariouNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Georgia ChristopoulouGenotypos Science Labs, Athens, Greece.
Pantelis ConstantoulakisGenotypos Science Labs, Athens, Greece.
Emmanouil ManolakosAccess To Genome, Genetics Laboratory, Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioannis PapoulidisAccess To Genome, Genetics Laboratory, Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece.
Danai StambouliCytogenomic Medical Laboratory, Bucuresti, Romania.
Marios IoannidesNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.
Philippos PatsalisNIPD Genetics Public Company Ltd, Neas Engomis 31, Nicosia, 2409 Cyprus.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNon-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been widely adopted for the detection of fetal aneuploidies and microdeletion syndromes, nevertheless, limited clinical utilization has been reported for the non-invasive prenatal screening of monogenic diseases. In this study, we present the development and validation of a single comprehensive NIPT for prenatal screening of chromosomal aneuploidies, microdeletions and 50 autosomal recessive disorders associated with severe or moderate clinical phenotype.

resultsWe employed a targeted capture enrichment technology powered by custom TArget Capture Sequences (TACS) and multi-engine bioinformatics analysis pipeline to develop and validate a novel NIPT test. This test was validated using 2033 cell-fee DNA (cfDNA) samples from maternal plasma of pregnant women referred for NIPT and paternal genomic DNA. Additionally, 200 amniotic fluid and CVS samples were used for validation purposes. All NIPT samples were correctly classified exhibiting 100% sensitivity (CI 89.7-100%) and 100% specificity (CI 99.8-100%) for chromosomal aneuploidies and microdeletions. Furthermore, 613 targeted causative mutations, of which 87 were unique, corresponding to 21 monogenic diseases, were identified. For the validation of the assay for prenatal diagnosis purposes, all aneuploidies, microdeletions and point mutations were correctly detected in all 200 amniotic fluid and CVS samples.

conclusionsWe present a NIPT for aneuploidies, microdeletions, and monogenic disorders. To our knowledge this is the first time that such a comprehensive NIPT is available for clinical implementation.

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AneuploidiesCell-free DNAMicrodeletionsMonogenic diseasesNIPT

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PMCPMC6873497

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