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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2022

Recommendations for whole genome sequencing in diagnostics for rare diseases.

Erika Souche, Sergi Beltran, Erwin Brosens, John W Belmont, Magdalena Fossum, Olaf Riess, Christian Gilissen, Amin Ardeshirdavani, Gunnar Houge, Marielle van Gijn and 21 more

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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

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5 · Who and what money

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31 authors.

Erika SoucheCenter for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Gasthuisberg, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis, Leuven, Belgium.
Sergi BeltranCNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2810-3445
Erwin BrosensErasmus MC University Medical Center - Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Clinical Genetics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8235-4010
John W BelmontIllumina, Inc., Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Magdalena FossumDept of Pediatric Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark, Dept. of Women's and Children's health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Olaf RiessInstitute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Christian GilissenDepartment of Human Genetics and Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, 6525 GA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1693-9699
Amin ArdeshirdavaniAgilent Technologies, Diagnostics and Genomics Group, Leuven, Belgium.
Gunnar HougeDepartment of Medical Genetics, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021, Bergen, Norway.
Marielle van GijnDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1073-0539
Jill Clayton-SmithManchester Centre For Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
Matthis SynofzikHertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2280-7273
Nicole de LeeuwDepartment of Human Genetics, and Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Zandra C DeansGenomics Quality Assessment, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland.ORCID 0000-0001-9361-6012
Yasemin DincerLehrstuhl für Sozialpädiatrie, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1179-7735
Sebastian H EckMVZ Martinsried GmbH, Martinsried, Germany.
Saskia van der CrabbenAmsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Meena BalasubramanianHighly Specialised Osteogenesis Imperfecta Service and Sheffield Clinical Genetics Service, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Holm GraessnerUniversity Hospital Tübingen, Institute for Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics and Centre for Rare Diseases, Calwerstr. 7, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9803-7183
Marc SturmInstitute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6552-8362
Helen FirthDept of Clinical Genetics, Box 134, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
Alessandra FerliniUnit of Medical Genetics, University Hospital & Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Rima NabboutPediatric Neurology. reference centre for rare epilepsies. Hôpital Necker Enfants malades, APHP, Université de Paris, Institut Imagine (INSERM UMR 1163), Paris, France.
Elfride De BaereDepartment of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Thomas LiehrJena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1672-3054
Milan MacekDepartment of biology and medical genetics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine Charles University and University hospital Motol, Prague, Czechia.ORCID 0000-0002-5173-5280
Gert MatthijsCenter for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Gasthuisberg, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis, Leuven, Belgium.
Hans SchefferRadboud university medical center, Department of Human Genetics, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Peter BauerCENTOGENE GmbH, Am Strande 7, 18055, Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9414-4555
Helger G Yntema *Radboud university medical center, Department of Human Genetics, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3877-6328
Marjan M Weiss *Radboud university medical center, Department of Human Genetics, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Janneke.Weiss@radboudumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-0936-1406

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/V037307/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2016, guidelines for diagnostic Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) have been published by EuroGentest in order to assist laboratories in the implementation and accreditation of NGS in a diagnostic setting. These guidelines mainly focused on Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) and targeted (gene panels) sequencing detecting small germline variants (Single Nucleotide Variants (SNVs) and insertions/deletions (indels)). Since then, Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) has been increasingly introduced in the diagnosis of rare diseases as WGS allows the simultaneous detection of SNVs, Structural Variants (SVs) and other types of variants such as repeat expansions. The use of WGS in diagnostics warrants the re-evaluation and update of previously published guidelines. This work was jointly initiated by EuroGentest and the Horizon2020 project Solve-RD. Statements from the 2016 guidelines have been reviewed in the context of WGS and updated where necessary. The aim of these recommendations is primarily to list the points to consider for clinical (laboratory) geneticists, bioinformaticians, and (non-)geneticists, to provide technical advice, aid clinical decision-making and the reporting of the results.

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ExomeGenome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRare DiseasesWhole Genome Sequencing

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PMID35577938
PMCPMC9437083

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