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UK10K RARE NEUROMUSCULAR


ABSTRACT: In the UK10K project we propose a series of complementary genetic approaches to find new low frequency/rare variants contributing to disease phenotypes. These will be based on obtaining the genome wide sequence of 4000 samples from the TwinsUK and ALSPAC cohorts (at 6x sequence coverage), and the exome sequence (protein coding regions and related conserved sequence) of 6000 samples selected for extreme phenotypes. Our studies will focus primarily on cardiovascular-related quantitative traits, obesity and related metabolic traits, neurodevelopmental disorders and a limited number of extreme clinical phenotypes that will provide proof-of-concept for future familial trait sequencing. We will analyse directly quantitative traits in the cohorts and the selected traits in the extreme samples, and also use imputation down to 0.1% allele frequency to extend the analyses to further sample sets with genome wide genotype data. In each case we will investigate indels and larger structural variants as well as SNPs, and use statistical methods that combine rare variants in a locus or pathway as well as single-variant approaches. The neuromuscular disorder samples are part of the “rare disease” group, and will undergo exome sequencing. For further information with regard to this cohort please contact Francesco Muntoni (f.muntoni@ucl.ac.uk).

PROVIDER: EGAS00001000101 | EGA |

REPOSITORIES: EGA

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Mutations in GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase B cause congenital and limb-girdle muscular dystrophies associated with hypoglycosylation of α-dystroglycan.

Carss Keren J KJ   Stevens Elizabeth E   Foley A Reghan AR   Cirak Sebahattin S   Riemersma Moniek M   Torelli Silvia S   Hoischen Alexander A   Willer Tobias T   van Scherpenzeel Monique M   Moore Steven A SA   Messina Sonia S   Bertini Enrico E   Bönnemann Carsten G CG   Abdenur Jose E JE   Grosmann Carla M CM   Kesari Akanchha A   Punetha Jaya J   Quinlivan Ros R   Waddell Leigh B LB   Young Helen K HK   Wraige Elizabeth E   Yau Shu S   Brodd Lina L   Feng Lucy L   Sewry Caroline C   MacArthur Daniel G DG   North Kathryn N KN   Hoffman Eric E   Stemple Derek L DL   Hurles Matthew E ME   van Bokhoven Hans H   Campbell Kevin P KP   Lefeber Dirk J DJ   Lin Yung-Yao YY   Muntoni Francesco F  

American journal of human genetics 20130613 1


Congenital muscular dystrophies with hypoglycosylation of α-dystroglycan (α-DG) are a heterogeneous group of disorders often associated with brain and eye defects in addition to muscular dystrophy. Causative variants in 14 genes thought to be involved in the glycosylation of α-DG have been identified thus far. Allelic mutations in these genes might also cause milder limb-girdle muscular dystrophy phenotypes. Using a combination of exome and Sanger sequencing in eight unrelated individuals, we pr  ...[more]

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