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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Diagnostic Utility of Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis in Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Sadegheh Haghshenas, Pratibha Bhai, Erfan Aref-Eshghi, Bekim Sadikovic

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sadegheh HaghshenasDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0400-2578
Pratibha BhaiMolecular Genetics Laboratory, Molecular Diagnostics Division, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.
Erfan Aref-EshghiDivision of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Bekim SadikovicDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mendelian neurodevelopmental disorders customarily present with complex and overlapping symptoms, complicating the clinical diagnosis. Individuals with a growing number of the so-called rare disorders exhibit unique, disorder-specific DNA methylation patterns, consequent to the underlying gene defects. Besides providing insights to the pathophysiology and molecular biology of these disorders, we can use these epigenetic patterns as functional biomarkers for the screening and diagnosis of these conditions. This review summarizes our current understanding of DNA methylation episignatures in rare disorders and describes the underlying technology and analytical approaches. We discuss the computational parameters, including statistical and machine learning methods, used for the screening and classification of genetic variants of uncertain clinical significance. Describing the rationale and principles applied to the specific computational models that are used to develop and adapt the DNA methylation episignatures for the diagnosis of rare disorders, we highlight the opportunities and challenges in this emerging branch of diagnostic medicine.

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DNA MethylationEpigenomeGenetic Diseases, InbornGenetic TestingHumansNeurodevelopmental Disordersconstitutional disordersDNA methylationepigeneticsepisignaturemachine learningneurodevelopmental disordersovergrowth with intellectual disability syndromesrandom forestsupport vector machines

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PMID33291301
PMCPMC7730976

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