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ArticleAdvanced genetics (Hoboken, N.J.)2020

A pipeline-friendly software tool for genome diagnostics to prioritize genes by matching patient symptoms to literature.

K Joeri van der Velde, Sander van den Hoek, Freerk van Dijk, Dennis Hendriksen, Cleo C van Diemen, Lennart F Johansson, Kristin M Abbott, Patrick Deelen, Birgit Sikkema-Raddatz, Morris A Swertz

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Article in Advanced genetics (Hoboken, N.J.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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K Joeri van der VeldeGenomics Coordination Center University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Sander van den HoekGenomics Coordination Center University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Freerk van DijkGenomics Coordination Center University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Dennis HendriksenGenomics Coordination Center University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Cleo C van DiemenDepartment of Genetics University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Lennart F JohanssonGenomics Coordination Center University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Kristin M AbbottDepartment of Genetics University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Patrick DeelenGenomics Coordination Center University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Birgit Sikkema-RaddatzDepartment of Genetics University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.
Morris A SwertzGenomics Coordination Center University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen Groningen The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Despite an explosive growth of next-generation sequencing data, genome diagnostics only provides a molecular diagnosis to a minority of patients. Software tools that prioritize genes based on patient symptoms using known gene-disease associations may complement variant filtering and interpretation to increase chances of success. However, many of these tools cannot be used in practice because they are embedded within variant prioritization algorithms, or exist as remote services that cannot be relied upon or are unacceptable because of legal/ethical barriers. In addition, many tools are not designed for command-line usage, closed-source, abandoned, or unavailable. We present Variant Interpretation using Biomedical literature Evidence (VIBE), a tool to prioritize disease genes based on Human Phenotype Ontology codes. VIBE is a locally installed executable that ensures operational availability and is built upon DisGeNET-RDF, a comprehensive knowledge platform containing gene-disease associations mostly from literature and variant-disease associations mostly from curated source databases. VIBE's command-line interface and output are designed for easy incorporation into bioinformatic pipelines that annotate and prioritize variants for further clinical interpretation. We evaluate VIBE in a benchmark based on 305 patient cases alongside seven other tools. Our results demonstrate that VIBE offers consistent performance with few cases missed, but we also find high complementarity among all tested tools. VIBE is a powerful, free, open source and locally installable solution for prioritizing genes based on patient symptoms. Project source code, documentation, benchmark and executables are available at https://github.com/molgenis/vibe.

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benchmarkcommand‐linegene prioritizationgenome diagnosticsnext‐generation sequencingpatient symptomsprimary literature

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PMCPMC9744518

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