The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®): optimizing its use in a clinical diagnostic or research setting

PD Stenson, M Mort, EV Ball, M Chapman, K Evans… - Human genetics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®) constitutes a comprehensive
collection of published germline mutations in nuclear genes that are thought to underlie, or …

The Human Gene Mutation Database: towards a comprehensive repository of inherited mutation data for medical research, genetic diagnosis and next-generation …

PD Stenson, M Mort, EV Ball, K Evans, M Hayden… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®) constitutes a comprehensive
collection of published germline mutations in nuclear genes that underlie, or are closely …

Genetic studies in intellectual disability and related disorders

LELM Vissers, C Gilissen, JA Veltman - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic factors play a major part in intellectual disability (ID), but genetic studies have been
complicated for a long time by the extreme clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Recently …

The genetic basis of Mendelian phenotypes: discoveries, challenges, and opportunities

JX Chong, KJ Buckingham, SN Jhangiani… - The American Journal of …, 2015 - cell.com
Discovering the genetic basis of a Mendelian phenotype establishes a causal link between
genotype and phenotype, making possible carrier and population screening and direct …

The Human Gene Mutation Database: building a comprehensive mutation repository for clinical and molecular genetics, diagnostic testing and personalized genomic …

PD Stenson, M Mort, EV Ball, K Shaw, AD Phillips… - Human genetics, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®) is a comprehensive collection of
germline mutations in nuclear genes that underlie, or are associated with, human inherited …

Rare-disease genetics in the era of next-generation sequencing: discovery to translation

KM Boycott, MR Vanstone, DE Bulman… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Work over the past 25 years has resulted in the identification of genes responsible for~ 50%
of the estimated 7,000 rare monogenic diseases, and it is predicted that most of the …

Where genotype is not predictive of phenotype: towards an understanding of the molecular basis of reduced penetrance in human inherited disease

DN Cooper, M Krawczak, C Polychronakos… - Human genetics, 2013 - Springer
Some individuals with a particular disease-causing mutation or genotype fail to express
most if not all features of the disease in question, a phenomenon that is known as 'reduced …

[HTML][HTML] American College of Medical Genetics standards and guidelines for interpretation and reporting of postnatal constitutional copy number variants

HM Kearney, EC Thorland, KK Brown… - Genetics in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Genomic microarrays used to assess DNA copy number are now recommended as first-tier
tests for the postnatal evaluation of individuals with intellectual disability, autism spectrum …

Recessive mutations in a distal PTF1A enhancer cause isolated pancreatic agenesis

MN Weedon, I Cebola, AM Patch, SE Flanagan… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The contribution of cis-regulatory mutations to human disease remains poorly understood.
Whole-genome sequencing can identify all noncoding variants, yet the discrimination of …

Deleterious-and disease-allele prevalence in healthy individuals: insights from current predictions, mutation databases, and population-scale resequencing

Y Xue, Y Chen, Q Ayub, N Huang, EV Ball… - The American Journal of …, 2012 - cell.com
We have assessed the numbers of potentially deleterious variants in the genomes of
apparently healthy humans by using (1) low-coverage whole-genome sequence data from …