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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

VarFish: comprehensive DNA variant analysis for diagnostics and research.

Manuel Holtgrewe, Oliver Stolpe, Mikko Nieminen, Stefan Mundlos, Alexej Knaus, Uwe Kornak, Dominik Seelow, Lara Segebrecht, Malte Spielmann, Björn Fischer-Zirnsak and 4 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. REEV: review, evaluate and explain variants.Nucleic acids research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Manuel HoltgreweCUBI - Core Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany.
Oliver StolpeCUBI - Core Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany.
Mikko NieminenCUBI - Core Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany.
Stefan MundlosInstitute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Alexej KnausInstitute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn 53127, Germany.
Uwe KornakInstitute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Dominik SeelowInstitute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Lara SegebrechtInstitute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Malte SpielmannDevelopment and Disease Group, Max Planck Institute for Medical Genetics, Berlin 14195, Germany.
Björn Fischer-ZirnsakInstitute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Felix BoschannInstitute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Ute SchollBerlin Institute of Health (BIH), Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany.
Nadja EhmkeInstitute of Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Dieter BeuleCUBI - Core Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin 10117, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

VarFish is a user-friendly web application for the quality control, filtering, prioritization, analysis, and user-based annotation of DNA variant data with a focus on rare disease genetics. It is capable of processing variant call files with single or multiple samples. The variants are automatically annotated with population frequencies, molecular impact, and presence in databases such as ClinVar. Further, it provides support for pathogenicity scores including CADD, MutationTaster, and phenotypic similarity scores. Users can filter variants based on these annotations and presumed inheritance pattern and sort the results by these scores. Variants passing the filter are listed with their annotations and many useful link-outs to genome browsers, other gene/variant data portals, and external tools for variant assessment. VarFish allows users to create their own annotations including support for variant assessment following ACMG-AMP guidelines. In close collaboration with medical practitioners, VarFish was designed for variant analysis and prioritization in diagnostic and research settings as described in the software's extensive manual. The user interface has been optimized for supporting these protocols. Users can install VarFish on their own in-house servers where it provides additional lab notebook features for collaborative analysis and allows re-analysis of cases, e.g. after update of genotype or phenotype databases.

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Genetic VariationSoftwareHumansMolecular Sequence AnnotationRare DiseasesResearchUser-Computer Interface

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PMID32338743
PMCPMC7319464

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