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Diagnostic yield of genetic testing in a heterogeneous cohort of 1376 HCM patients

Authors: Hathaway J, Heliö K, Saarinen I, Tallila J, Seppälä EH, Tuupanen S, Turpeinen H, Kangas-Kontio T, Schleit J, Tommiska J, Kytölä V, Valori M, Muona M, Sistonen J, Gentile M, Salmenperä P, Myllykangas S, Paananen J, Alastalo TP, Heliö T, Koskenvuo J.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2021 Mar 5;21(1):126. doi: 10.1186/s12872-021-01927-5.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Genetics

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by BluePrint Genetics, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Arginine to ornithine ratio as a diagnostic marker in patients with positive newborn screening for hyperargininemia

Authors: Huang Y, Sharma R, Feigenbaum A, Lee C, Sahai I, Sanchez Russo R, Neira J, Brooks SS, Jackson KE, Wong D, Cederbaum S, Lacbawan FL, Rowland CM, Tanpaiboon P, Salazar D.
Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2021 Mar 3;27:100735. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100735. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Specialties: Genetics, Neurology, Pediatrics, Women's Health/OB/GYN

A Novel De Novo KIF21A Variant in a Patient With Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles With a Syndromic CFEOM Phenotype

Authors: Soliani L, Spagnoli C, Salerno GG, Mehine M, Rizzi S, Frattini D, Koskenvuo J, Fusco C.
J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Mar 1;41(1):e85-e88. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000921.

Specialties: Genetics, Neurology

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by BluePrint Genetics, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Novel Variant Findings and Challenges Associated With the Clinical Integration of Genomic Testing: An Interim Report of the Genomic Medicine for Ill Neonates and Infants (GEMINI) Study

Authors: Maron JL, Kingsmore SF, Wigby K, Chowdhury S, Dimmock D, Poindexter B, Suhrie K, Vockley J, Diacovo T, Gelb BD, Stroustrup A, Powell CM, Trembath A, Gallen M, Mullen TE, Tanpaiboon P, Reed D, Kurfiss A, Davis JM.
JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Feb 15;e205906. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5906. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Genetics, Neurology

Biallelic loss-of-function in NRAP is a cause of recessive dilated cardiomyopathy

Authors: Koskenvuo JW, Saarinen I, Ahonen S, Tommiska J, Weckström S, Seppälä EH, Tuupanen S, Kangas-Kontio T, Schleit J, Heliö K, Hathaway J, Gummesson A, Dahlberg P, Ojala TH, Vepsäläinen V, Kytölä V, Muona M, Sistonen J, Salmenperä P, Gentile M, Paananen J, Myllykangas S, Alastalo TP, Heliö T.
PLoS One. 2021 Feb 3;16(2):e0245681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245681. eCollection 2021.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Genetics

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by BluePrint Genetics, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

CDK19-related disorder results from both loss-of-function and gain-of-function de novo missense variants

Authors: Zarate YA, Uehara T, Abe K, Oginuma M, Harako S, Ishitani S, Lehesjoki AE, Bierhals T, Kloth K, Ehmke N, Horn D, Holtgrewe M, Anderson K, Viskochil D, Edgar-Zarate CL, Sacoto MJG, Schnur RE, Morrow MM, Sanchez-Valle A, Pappas J, Rabin R, Muona M, Anttonen AK, Platzer K, Luppe J, Gburek-Augustat J, Kaname T, Okamoto N, Mizuno S, Kaido Y, Ohkuma Y, Hirose Y, Ishitani T, Kosaki K.
HGenet Med. 2021 Jan 25. doi: 10.1038/s41436-020-01091-9. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Genetics, Neurology

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by BluePrint Genetics, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

CDK19-related disorder results from both loss-of-function and gain-of-function de novo missense variants

Authors: Zarate YA, Uehara T, Abe K, Oginuma M, Harako S, Ishitani S, Lehesjoki AE, Bierhals T, Kloth K, Ehmke N, Horn D, Holtgrewe M, Anderson K, Viskochil D, Edgar-Zarate CL, Sacoto MJG, Schnur RE, Morrow MM, Sanchez-Valle A, Pappas J, Rabin R, Muona M, Anttonen AK, Platzer K, Luppe J, Gburek-Augustat J, Kaname T, Okamoto N, Mizuno S, Kaido Y, Ohkuma Y, Hirose Y, Ishitani T, Kosaki K.
Genet Med. 2021 Jan 25. doi: 10.1038/s41436-020-01091-9. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Genetics, Neurology

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by BluePrint Genetics, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Opinion: Standardizing gene product nomenclature-a call to action

Authors: Fujiyoshi K, Bruford EA, Mroz P, Sims CL, O'Leary TJ, Lo AWI, Chen N, Patel NR, Patel KP, Seliger B, Song M, Monzon FA, Carter AB, Gulley ML, Mockus SM, Phung TL, Feilotter H, Williams HE, Ogino S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jan 19;118:e2025207118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2025207118.

Specialties: Genetics

An omics perspective on drug target discovery platforms

Authors: Paananen J, Fortino V.
Brief Bioinform. 2020 Dec 1;21(6):1937-1953. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbz122.

Specialties: Genetics

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by BluePrint Genetics, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

DNA fragmentation of sperm: a radical examination of the contribution of oxidative stress and age in 16 945 semen samples

Authors: Vaughan DA, Tirado E, Garcia D, Datta V, Sakkas D
Hum Reprod. 2020 Oct 1;35(10):2188-2196. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaa159.

Specialties: Genetics, IVF, Urology

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by Reprosource, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.