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ReviewHGG advances2023

Toward reporting standards for the pathogenicity of variant combinations involved in multilocus/oligogenic diseases.

Sofia Papadimitriou, Barbara Gravel, Charlotte Nachtegael, Elfride De Baere, Bart Loeys, Miikka Vikkula, Guillaume Smits, Tom Lenaerts

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Review in HGG advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Sofia PapadimitriouInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Barbara GravelInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Charlotte NachtegaelInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Elfride De BaereCenter for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Bart LoeysCenter for Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital/University of Antwerp, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium.
Miikka VikkulaHuman Molecular Genetics, de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Guillaume SmitsInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Tom LenaertsInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel · BEUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEAntwerp University Hospital · BEde Duve Institute · BEGhent University Hospital · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although standards and guidelines for the interpretation of variants identified in genes that cause Mendelian disorders have been developed, this is not the case for more complex genetic models including variant combinations in multiple genes. During a large curation process conducted on 318 research articles presenting oligogenic variant combinations, we encountered several recurring issues concerning their proper reporting and pathogenicity assessment. These mainly concern the absence of strong evidence that refutes a monogenic model and the lack of a proper genetic and functional assessment of the joint effect of the involved variants. With the increasing accumulation of such cases, it has become essential to develop standards and guidelines on how these oligogenic/multilocus variant combinations should be interpreted, validated, and reported in order to provide high-quality data and supporting evidence to the scientific community.

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PMID36578772
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OpenAlexW4311747980

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