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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

NGS in Hereditary Ataxia: When Rare Becomes Frequent.

Daniele Galatolo, Giovanna De Michele, Gabriella Silvestri, Vincenzo Leuzzi, Carlo Casali, Olimpia Musumeci, Antonella Antenora, Guja Astrea, Melissa Barghigiani, Roberta Battini and 26 more

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

36 authors.

Daniele GalatoloMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Giovanna De MicheleDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Gabriella SilvestriUOC Neurologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli' IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1950-1468
Vincenzo LeuzziDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2314-6139
Carlo CasaliDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, 40100 Latina, Italy.
Olimpia MusumeciUnit of Neurology and Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9208-1527
Antonella AntenoraDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Guja AstreaMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Melissa BarghigianiMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Roberta BattiniMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7889-1355
Carla BattistiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Caterina CaputiDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Ettore CioffiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, 40100 Latina, Italy.
Giuseppe De MicheleDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Maria Teresa DottiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Tommasina FicoDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Chiara FiorilloPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and 'G. Gaslini' Institute, 16147 Genoa, Italy.
Serena GalosiDepartment of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Maria LietoDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Alessandro MalandriniDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Marina A B MeloneCenter for Rare Diseases and Interuniversity Center for Research in Neurosciences, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7213-9277
Andrea MignarriDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Gemma NataleMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Elena PegoraroDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy.
Antonio PetrucciAzienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, 00152 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7950-4970
Ivana RiccaMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8939-1447
Vittorio RisoUOC Neurologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli' IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8361-2445
Salvatore RossiUOC Neurologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario 'A. Gemelli' IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Anna RubegniMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0484-3799
Arianna ScarlattiMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Francesca TinelliMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Rosanna TrovatoMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Gioacchino TedeschiCenter for Rare Diseases and Interuniversity Center for Research in Neurosciences, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, 2nd Division of Neurology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Alessandra TessaMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.
Alessandro FillaDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Filippo Maria SantorelliMolecular Medicine for Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56128 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1359-9062

Funding

Ministero della Salute RF2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The term hereditary ataxia (HA) refers to a heterogeneous group of neurological disorders with multiple genetic etiologies and a wide spectrum of ataxia-dominated phenotypes. Massive gene analysis in next-generation sequencing has entered the HA scenario, broadening our genetic and clinical knowledge of these conditions. In this study, we employed a targeted resequencing panel (TRP) in a large and highly heterogeneous cohort of 377 patients with a clinical diagnosis of HA, but no molecular diagnosis on routine genetic tests. We obtained a positive result (genetic diagnosis) in 33.2% of the patients, a rate significantly higher than those reported in similar studies employing TRP (average 19.4%), and in line with those performed using exome sequencing (ES, average 34.6%). Moreover, 15.6% of the patients had an uncertain molecular diagnosis.

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High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolExome SequencingFemaleGenetic TestingHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationSpinocerebellar DegenerationsYoung Adultcohortdiagnostic yieldexome sequencingGenesisHAmutationnext-generation sequencingtargeted resequencing panelTRPvariant

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PMID34445196
PMCPMC8395181

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