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ArticleHuman mutation2022

The impact of GeneMatcher on international data sharing and collaboration.

Ada Hamosh, Elizabeth Wohler, Renan Martin, Sean Griffith, Eliete da S Rodrigues, Corina Antonescu, Kimberly F Doheny, David Valle, Nara Sobreira

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Article in Human mutation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ada HamoshMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1780-5230
Elizabeth WohlerMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Renan MartinMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Sean GriffithMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Eliete da S RodriguesMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Corina AntonescuMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Kimberly F DohenyMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
David ValleMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6560-4281
Nara SobreiraMcKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5228-5613

Funding

Baylor-Johns Hopkins Center for Mendelian GeneticsU54HG006542 · NHGRI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI VALLE, DAVID · 2012 to 2015
$15.6M
Sleep and Circadian Dysfunction, Brain and Neurobehavioral Development in AutismP50HD103538 · NICHD · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI S. Ali Fatemi, Bradley L Schlaggar · 2020 to 2026
$9.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS 1U54HG006542NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG006542NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GeneMatcher (genematcher.org) is a tool designed to connect individuals with an interest in the same gene. Now used around the world to create collaborations and generate the evidence needed to support novel disease gene identification, GeneMatcher is a founding member of the Matchmaker Exchange (MME; matchmakerexchange.org) and strongest possible advocate for global data sharing including those in resource-limited environments. As of October 1, 2021, there are 12,531 submitters from 94 countries who have submitted 58,134 submissions with 13,498 unique genes in the database. Among these genes, 8970 (64%) have matched at least once and the total number of matches is 378,806, growing by about 10,000 per month. GeneMatcher submitters increase by 80-120 each month and submissions grow by >800 per month, while unique genes and gene matches continue to grow steadily at rate of about 80 per month. The number of genes without a match peaked at 4371 in February of 2019 and despite the increase in the number of new submissions, the number of unique genes without a match continues to slowly decline, currently standing at 4,016. All submissions in GeneMatcher are available for matching across the MME.

Indexed as

Databases, GeneticRare DiseasesHumansInformation Disseminationdata sharingGeneMatcherinternationalMatchmaker Exchangerare disease

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PMID35170833
PMCPMC9133194

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