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ReviewHuman mutation2022

Long-read sequencing for molecular diagnostics in constitutional genetic disorders.

Laura K Conlin, Erfan Aref-Eshghi, Deborah A McEldrew, Minjie Luo, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

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In one paragraph

Review in Human mutation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Long-read sequencing for neurological disorders: opportunities, challenges, and future directions.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  5. Harnessing artificial intelligence in plant breeding: innovations in digital phenotyping and breeding methodologies.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026
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  20. Long-Read Sequencing: The Third Generation of Diagnostic Testing for Dystonia.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura K ConlinDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Erfan Aref-EshghiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Deborah A McEldrewDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Minjie LuoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5788-3962
Ramakrishnan RajagopalanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5751-9239
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

Improving detection and interpretation of clinically relevant structural variationR01HG009708 · NHGRI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI CONLIN, LAURA K · 2017 to 2020
$2.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009708
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-read sequencing (LRS) has been around for more than a decade, but widespread adoption of the technology has been slow due to the perceived high error rates and high sequencing cost. This is changing due to the recent advancements to produce highly accurate sequences and the reducing costs. LRS promises significant improvement over short read sequencing in four major areas: (1) better detection of structural variation (2) better resolution of highly repetitive or nonunique regions (3) accurate long-range haplotype phasing and (4) the detection of base modifications natively from the sequencing data. Several successful applications of LRS have demonstrated its ability to resolve molecular diagnoses where short-read sequencing fails to identify a cause. However, the argument for increased diagnostic yield from LRS remains to be validated. Larger cohort studies may be required to establish the realistic boundaries of LRS's clinical utility and analytical validity, as well as the development of standards for clinical applications. We discuss the limitations of the current standard of care, and contrast with the applications and advantages of two major LRS platforms, PacBio and Oxford Nanopore, for molecular diagnostics of constitutional disorders, and present a critical argument about the potential of LRS in diagnostic settings.

Indexed as

High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingPathology, MolecularHumansSequence Analysis, DNAconstitutional disorderslong-read sequencingmolecular diagnosticsOxford NanoporePacBio

Identifiers

PMID36086952
PMCPMC9561063
OpenAlexW4296248766

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