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ReviewJACC. Basic to translational science2020

Clinical Interpretation and Management of Genetic Variants.

Ali J Marian

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Review in JACC. Basic to translational science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a Disease of Sarcomere Proteins.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ali J MarianCenter for Cardiovascular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.

Funding

Pathogenic Role of Selected Cardiac Myocyte- and Fibroblast-Specific Epigenetic Changes in LaminopathiesR01HL132401 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Ali J Marian · 2016 to 2026
$6.0M
Cell type-Specific Therapeutic Targeting of canonical WNT Pathway in Arrhythmogenic CardiomyopathyR01HL151737 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MARIAN, ALI J · 2020 to 2023
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132401NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic variants are major determinants of susceptibility to disease, response to therapy, and clinical outcomes. Advances in the short-read sequencing technologies, despite some shortcomings, have enabled identification of the vast majority of the genetic variants in each genome. The major challenge is in identifying the pathogenic variants in cardiovascular diseases. The yield of the genetic testing has been limited because of technological shortcomings and our incomplete understanding of the genetic basis of cardiovascular disorders. To advance the field, a shift to long-read sequencing platforms is necessary. In addition, to discern the pathogenic variants, genetic diseases should be considered as a continuum and the genetic variants as probabilistic factors with a gradient of effect sizes. Moreover, disease-specific physician-scientists with expertise in the clinical medicine and molecular genetics are best equipped to discern functional and clinical significance of the genetic variants. The changes would be expected to enhance clinical utilities of the genetic discoveries.

Indexed as

CNV, copy number variantsgenetic testinggenetic variantsHCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathyindel, insertion/deletionLoF, loss of functionnsSNV, nonsynonymous single nucleotide variantsequencingSNV, single nucleotide variantSV, structural variantWES, whole exome sequencingWGS, whole genome sequencing

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PMID33145465
PMCPMC7591931

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