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Clinically Focused Molecular Investigation of 1000 Consecutive Families with Inherited Retinal Disease.


ABSTRACT: To devise a comprehensive multiplatform genetic testing strategy for inherited retinal disease and to describe its performance in 1000 consecutive families seen by a single clinician.Retrospective series.One thousand consecutive families seen by a single clinician.The clinical records of all patients seen by a single retina specialist between January 2010 and June 2016 were reviewed, and all patients who met the clinical criteria for a diagnosis of inherited retinal disease were included in the study. Each patient was assigned to 1 of 62 diagnostic categories, and this clinical diagnosis was used to define the scope and order of the molecular investigations that were performed. The number of nucleotides evaluated in a given subject ranged from 2 to nearly 900?000.Sensitivity and false genotype rate.Disease-causing genotypes were identified in 760 families (76%). These genotypes were distributed across 104 different genes. More than 75% of these 104 genes have coding sequences small enough to be packaged efficiently into an adeno-associated virus. Mutations in ABCA4 were the most common cause of disease in this cohort (173 families), whereas mutations in 80 genes caused disease in 5 or fewer families (i.e., 0.5% or less). Disease-causing genotypes were identified in 576 of the families without next-generation sequencing (NGS). This included 23 families with mutations in the repetitive region of RPGR exon 15 that would have been missed by NGS. Whole-exome sequencing of the remaining 424 families revealed mutations in an additional 182 families, and whole-genome sequencing of 4 of the remaining 242 families revealed 2 additional genotypes that were invisible by the other methods. Performing the testing in a clinically focused tiered fashion would be 6.1% more sensitive and 17.7% less expensive and would have a significantly lower average false genotype rate than using whole-exome sequencing to assess more than 300 genes in all patients (7.1% vs. 128%; P < 0.001).Genetic testing for inherited retinal disease is now more than 75% sensitive. A clinically directed tiered testing strategy can increase sensitivity and improve statistical significance without increasing cost.

SUBMITTER: Stone EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5565704 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Clinically Focused Molecular Investigation of 1000 Consecutive Families with Inherited Retinal Disease.

Stone Edwin M EM   Andorf Jeaneen L JL   Whitmore S Scott SS   DeLuca Adam P AP   Giacalone Joseph C JC   Streb Luan M LM   Braun Terry A TA   Mullins Robert F RF   Scheetz Todd E TE   Sheffield Val C VC   Tucker Budd A BA  

Ophthalmology 20170527 9


<h4>Purpose</h4>To devise a comprehensive multiplatform genetic testing strategy for inherited retinal disease and to describe its performance in 1000 consecutive families seen by a single clinician.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective series.<h4>Participants</h4>One thousand consecutive families seen by a single clinician.<h4>Methods</h4>The clinical records of all patients seen by a single retina specialist between January 2010 and June 2016 were reviewed, and all patients who met the clinical criteri  ...[more]

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