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Germline Variants Associated With Cancer Predisposition And Bone Marrow Failure Are Common In Kmt2a-R Infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients, Sarah E. Mc Dermott
Germline Variants Associated With Cancer Predisposition And Bone Marrow Failure Are Common In Kmt2a-R Infant Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients, Sarah E. Mc Dermott
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Background: Infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), is a particularly aggressive subtype of leukemia with an early onset and unfavorable clinical outcome. Most (~70%) cases of infant ALL involve chromosomal rearrangement of KMT2A (KMT2A- r) on chromosome 11q23, the strongest independent predictor of a poor prognosis. To date, genomics studies have consistently demonstrated KMT2A-r infant ALL to have a strikingly silent landscape of DNA mutations. Germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes are found in 8.6% of pediatric malignancies and 4.4% of pediatric leukemias, compared to 1.1% in persons in the 1000 Genomes Project.
Objectives/Goal: We hypothesized that germline variants may contribute …
Many Clinical Laboratories Performing Next-Generation Sequencing Have No Future Plans To Migrate To The Most Recent Human Reference Genome Build (Grch38), Lisa A. Lansdon
Many Clinical Laboratories Performing Next-Generation Sequencing Have No Future Plans To Migrate To The Most Recent Human Reference Genome Build (Grch38), Lisa A. Lansdon
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Background: Analysis of clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) data requires the Human Reference Genome (HRG) for alignment. Build GRCh38 was released in December 2013 and resolved ~1,000 issues from GRCh37, including erroneous calls within clinically-relevant genes.
Objectives/Goal: Despite this new release becoming available over seven years ago, most clinical laboratories continue to use build GRCh37. We were interested to learn other clinical laboratory’s plans for migration to GRCh38, including their proposed timelines and related concerns; therefore, we conducted a survey to define the current landscape of genome alignment in clinical NGS.
Methods/Design: Seventy-one clinical laboratories performing constitutional NGS testing were invited …
Identification Of Clinically-Relevant Sequence Variants Within The Human Reference Genome, Lisa A. Lansdon
Identification Of Clinically-Relevant Sequence Variants Within The Human Reference Genome, Lisa A. Lansdon
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Clinical Utility Of Exon Deletion/Duplication Microarray Testing - A Children’S Mercy Kansas City Two-Year Experience, Binu Porath
Clinical Utility Of Exon Deletion/Duplication Microarray Testing - A Children’S Mercy Kansas City Two-Year Experience, Binu Porath
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A Discrepancy Between The Human Reference Genome (Grch37) And Transcriptome (Refseq) Results In The Incorrect Annotation Of A Clinically-Relevant Sequence Variant In Recql4, Lisa A. Lansdon
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