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ArticleNPJ genomic medicine2020

Children's rare disease cohorts: an integrative research and clinical genomics initiative.

Shira Rockowitz, Nicholas LeCompte, Mary Carmack, Andrew Quitadamo, Lily Wang, Meredith Park, Devon Knight, Emma Sexton, Lacey Smith, Beth Sheidley and 11 more

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Article in NPJ genomic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shira RockowitzComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1490-592X
Nicholas LeCompteComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2330-7772
Mary CarmackComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4546-790X
Andrew QuitadamoComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8748-4586
Lily WangComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Meredith ParkDepartment of Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Devon KnightDepartment of Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7116-8690
Emma SextonDepartment of Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4776-5230
Lacey SmithDepartment of Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4456-0072
Beth SheidleyDepartment of Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Michael FieldDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4003-0568
Ingrid A HolmThe Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4712-8821
Catherine A BrownsteinThe Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Pankaj B AgrawalThe Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Susan KornetskyResearch Administration, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Annapurna PoduriHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7350-5136
Scott B SnapperHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Alan H BeggsThe Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8818-0568
Timothy W YuThe Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
David A WilliamsHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Piotr SlizComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6522-0835
Boston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WAYNE I LENCER · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
Mouse Neurodevelopmental Behavior CoreU54HD090255 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI SAHIN, MUSTAFA · 2016 to 2020
$5.2M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090255NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While genomic data is frequently collected under distinct research protocols and disparate clinical and research regimes, there is a benefit in streamlining sequencing strategies to create harmonized databases, particularly in the area of pediatric rare disease. Research hospitals seeking to implement unified genomics workflows for research and clinical practice face numerous challenges, as they need to address the unique requirements and goals of the distinct environments and many stakeholders, including clinicians, researchers and sequencing providers. Here, we present outcomes of the first phase of the Children's Rare Disease Cohorts initiative (CRDC) that was completed at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH). We have developed a broadly sharable database of 2441 exomes from 15 pediatric rare disease cohorts, with major contributions from early onset epilepsy and early onset inflammatory bowel disease. All sequencing data is integrated and combined with phenotypic and research data in a genomics learning system (GLS). Phenotypes were both manually annotated and pulled automatically from patient medical records. Deployment of a genomically-ordered relational database allowed us to provide a modular and robust platform for centralized storage and analysis of research and clinical data, currently totaling 8516 exomes and 112 genomes. The GLS integrates analytical systems, including machine learning algorithms for automated variant classification and prioritization, as well as phenotype extraction via natural language processing (NLP) of clinical notes. This GLS is extensible to additional analytic systems and growing research and clinical collections of genomic and other types of data.

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Data processingGenetic databasesMedical genomicsPaediatricsPersonalized medicine

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PMID32655885
PMCPMC7338382
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