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{"title":"Multi-regional genomic and transcriptomic characterization of a melanoma-associated oral cavity cancer provide evidence for CASP8 alteration-mediated field cancerization.","authors":"Shouvik Chakravarty, Arnab Ghosh, Chitrarpita Das, Subrata Das, Subrata Patra, Arindam Maitra, Sandip Ghose, Nidhan K Biswas","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00668-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00668-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Precancerous and malignant tumours arise within the oral cavity from a predisposed \"field\" of epithelial cells upon exposure to carcinogenic stimulus. This phenomenon is known as \"Field Cancerization\". The molecular genomic and transcriptomic alterations that lead to field cancerization and tumour progression is unknown in Indian Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We have performed whole exome sequencing, copy-number variation array and whole transcriptome sequencing from five tumours and dysplastic lesions (sampled from distinct anatomical subsites - one each from buccal anterior and posterior alveolus, dorsum of tongue-mucosal melanoma, lip and left buccal mucosa) and blood from a rare OSCC patient with field cancerization.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A missense CASP8 gene mutation (p.S375F) was observed to be the initiating event in oral tumour field development. APOBEC mutation signatures, arm-level copy number alterations, depletion of CD8 + T cells and activated NK cells and enrichment of pro-inflammatory mast cells were features of early-originating tumours. Pharmacological inhibition of CASP8 protein in a CASP8-wild type OSCC cell line showed enhanced levels of cellular migration and viability.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CASP8 alterations are the earliest driving events in oral field carcinogenesis, whereas additional somatic mutational, copy number and transcriptomic alterations ultimately lead to OSCC tumour formation and progression.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"96"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11380775/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Chromosome 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome with microcephaly and Dandy-Walker malformation spectrum: expanding the known phenotype.","authors":"Liena Elbaghir Omer Elsayed, Norah Ayed AlHarbi, Ashwaq Mohammed Alqarni, Huda Hussein Elwasila Eltayeb, Noura Mostafa Mohamed Mostafa, Maha Mohammed Abdulrahim, Hadeel Ibrahim Bin Zaid, Latifah Mansour Alanzi, Sarah Abdullah Ababtain, Khawlah Aldulaijan, Sheka Yagub Aloyouni, Moneeb Abdullah Kassem Othman, Mohammad Abdullah Alkheilewi, Adel Mohammed Binduraihem, Hadeel Abdollah Alrukban, Hiba Yousif Ahmed, Faten Abdullah AlRadini, Hadil Mohammad Alahdal, Aziza Mufareh Mushiba, Omaima Abdulazeem Alzaher","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00662-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00662-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chromosome 16p11.2 deletions and duplications were found to be the second most common copy number variation (CNV) reported in cases with clinical presentation suggestive of chromosomal syndromes. Chromosome 16p11.2 deletion syndrome shows remarkable phenotypic heterogeneity with a wide variability of presentation extending from normal development and cognition to severe phenotypes. The clinical spectrum ranges from neurocognitive and global developmental delay (GDD), intellectual disability, and language defects (dysarthria /apraxia) to neuropsychiatric and autism spectrum disorders. Other presentations include dysmorphic features, congenital malformations, insulin resistance, and a tendency for obesity. Our study aims to narrow the gap of knowledge in Saudi Arabia and the Middle Eastern and Northern African (MENA) region about genetic disorders, particularly CNV-associated disorders. Despite their rarity, genetic studies in the MENA region revealed high potential with remarkable genetic and phenotypic novelty.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified a heterozygous de novo recurrent proximal chromosome 16p11.2 microdeletion by microarray (arr[GRCh38]16p11.2(29555974_30166595)x1) [(arr[GRCh37]16p11.2(29567295_30177916)x1)] and confirmed by whole exome sequencing (arr[GRCh37]16p11.2(29635211_30199850)x1). We report a Saudi girl with severe motor and cognitive disability, myoclonic epilepsy, deafness, and visual impairment carrying the above-described deletion. Our study broadens the known phenotypic spectrum associated with recurrent proximal 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome to include developmental dysplasia of the hip, optic atrophy, and a flat retina. Notably, the patient exhibited a rare combination of microcephaly, features consistent with the Dandy-Walker spectrum, and a thin corpus callosum (TCC), which are extremely infrequent presentations in patients with the 16p11.2 microdeletion. Additionally, the patient displayed areas of skin and hair hypopigmentation, attributed to a homozygous hypomorphic allele in the TYR gene.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This report expands on the clinical phenotype associated with proximal 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome, highlighting the potential of genetic research in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region. It underscores the importance of similar future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"95"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11376027/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142132602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The T-cell repertoire of Spanish patients with COVID-19 as a strategy to link T-cell characteristics to the severity of the disease.","authors":"Fernando Marín-Benesiu, Lucia Chica-Redecillas, Verónica Arenas-Rodríguez, Esperanza de Santiago, Silvia Martínez-Diz, Ginesa López-Torres, Ana Isabel Cortés-Valverde, Catalina Romero-Cachinero, Carmen Entrala-Bernal, Francisco Javier Fernandez-Rosado, Luis Javier Martínez-González, Maria Jesus Alvarez-Cubero","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00654-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00654-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The architecture and dynamics of T cell populations are critical in orchestrating the immune response to SARS-CoV-2. In our study, we used T Cell Receptor sequencing (TCRseq) to investigate TCR repertoires in 173 post-infection COVID-19 patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The cohort included 98 mild and 75 severe cases with a median age of 53. We amplified and sequenced the TCR β chain Complementary Determining Region 3 (CDR3b) and performed bioinformatic analyses to assess repertoire diversity, clonality, and V/J allelic usage between age, sex and severity groups. CDR3b amino acid sequence inference was performed by clustering structural motifs and filtering validated reactive CDR3b to COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our results revealed a pronounced decrease in diversity and an increase in clonal expansion in the TCR repertoires of severe COVID-19 patients younger than 55 years old. These results reflect the observed trends in patients older than 55 years old (both mild and severe). In addition, we identified a significant reduction in the usage of key V alleles (TRBV14, TRBV19, TRBV15 and TRBV6-4) associated with disease severity. Notably, severe patients under 55 years old had allelic patterns that resemble those over 55 years old, accompanied by a skewed frequency of COVID-19-related motifs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Present results suggest that severe patients younger than 55 may have a compromised TCR repertoire contributing to a worse disease outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"94"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11373388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142125599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterizing PFAS hazards and risks: a human population-based in vitro cardiotoxicity assessment strategy.","authors":"Lucie C Ford, Hsing-Chieh Lin, Yi-Hui Zhou, Fred A Wright, Vijay K Gombar, Alexander Sedykh, Ruchir R Shah, Weihsueh A Chiu, Ivan Rusyn","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00665-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00665-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging contaminants of concern because of their wide use, persistence, and potential to be hazardous to both humans and the environment. Several PFAS have been designated as substances of concern; however, most PFAS in commerce lack toxicology and exposure data to evaluate their potential hazards and risks. Cardiotoxicity has been identified as a likely human health concern, and cell-based assays are the most sensible approach for screening and prioritization of PFAS. Human-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes are a widely used method to test for cardiotoxicity, and recent studies showed that many PFAS affect these cells. Because iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes are available from different donors, they also can be used to quantify human variability in responses to PFAS. The primary objective of this study was to characterize potential human cardiotoxic hazard, risk, and inter-individual variability in responses to PFAS. A total of 56 PFAS from different subclasses were tested in concentration-response using human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from 16 donors without known heart disease. Kinetic calcium flux and high-content imaging were used to evaluate biologically-relevant phenotypes such as beat frequency, repolarization, and cytotoxicity. Of the tested PFAS, 46 showed concentration-response effects in at least one phenotype and donor; however, a wide range of sensitivities were observed across donors. Inter-individual variability in the effects could be quantified for 19 PFAS, and risk characterization could be performed for 20 PFAS based on available exposure information. For most tested PFAS, toxicodynamic variability was within a factor of 10 and the margins of exposure were above 100. This study identified PFAS that may pose cardiotoxicity risk and have high inter-individual variability. It also demonstrated the feasibility of using a population-based human in vitro method to quantify population variability and identify cardiotoxicity risks of emerging contaminants.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"92"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11368000/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Polygenic risk score portability for common diseases across genetically diverse populations.","authors":"Sonia Moreno-Grau, Manvi Vernekar, Arturo Lopez-Pineda, Daniel Mas-Montserrat, Míriam Barrabés, Consuelo D Quinto-Cortés, Babak Moatamed, Ming Ta Michael Lee, Zhenning Yu, Kensuke Numakura, Yuta Matsuda, Jeffrey D Wall, Alexander G Ioannidis, Nicholas Katsanis, Tomohiro Takano, Carlos D Bustamante","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00664-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00664-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Polygenic risk scores (PRS) derived from European individuals have reduced portability across global populations, limiting their clinical implementation at worldwide scale. Here, we investigate the performance of a wide range of PRS models across four ancestry groups (Africans, Europeans, East Asians, and South Asians) for 14 conditions of high-medical interest.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To select the best-performing model per trait, we first compared PRS performances for publicly available scores, and constructed new models using different methods (LDpred2, PRS-CSx and SNPnet). We used 285 K European individuals from the UK Biobank (UKBB) for training and 18 K, including diverse ancestries, for testing. We then evaluated PRS portability for the best models in Europeans and compared their accuracies with respect to the best PRS per ancestry. Finally, we validated the selected PRS models using an independent set of 8,417 individuals from Biobank of the Americas-Genomelink (BbofA-GL); and performed a PRS-Phewas.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We confirmed a decay in PRS performances relative to Europeans when the evaluation was conducted using the best-PRS model for Europeans (51.3% for South Asians, 46.6% for East Asians and 39.4% for Africans). We observed an improvement in the PRS performances when specifically selecting ancestry specific PRS models (phenotype variance increase: 1.62 for Africans, 1.40 for South Asians and 0.96 for East Asians). Additionally, when we selected the optimal model conditional on ancestry for CAD, HDL-C and LDL-C, hypertension, hypothyroidism and T2D, PRS performance for studied populations was more comparable to what was observed in Europeans. Finally, we were able to independently validate tested models for Europeans, and conducted a PRS-Phewas, identifying cross-trait interplay between cardiometabolic conditions, and between immune-mediated components.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our work comprehensively evaluated PRS accuracy across a wide range of phenotypes, reducing the uncertainty with respect to which PRS model to choose and in which ancestry group. This evaluation has let us identify specific conditions where implementing risk-prioritization strategies could have practical utility across diverse ancestral groups, contributing to democratizing the implementation of PRS.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"93"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11367857/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biological and clinical relevance of correlated expression levels of coding and long noncoding RNAs in HPV16 positive cervical cancers.","authors":"Abhisikta Ghosh, Abarna Sinha, Arnab Ghosh, Somrita Roy, Sumana Mallick, Vinoth Kumar, Sonia Mathai, Jaydip Bhaumik, Asima Mukhopadhyay, Saugata Sen, Aditi Chandra, Arindam Maitra, Nidhan K Biswas, Partha P Majumder, Sharmila Sengupta","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00660-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00660-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human papillomavirus (HPV) drives cervical cancer (CaCx) pathogenesis and viral oncoproteins jeopardize global gene expression in such cancers. In this study, our aim was to identify differentially expressed coding (DEcGs) and long noncoding RNA genes (DElncGs) specifically sense intronic and Natural Antisense Transcripts as they are located in the genic regions and may have a direct influence on the expression pattern of their neighbouring coding genes. We compared HPV16-positive CaCx patients (N = 44) with HPV-negative normal individuals (N = 34) by employing strand-specific RNA-seq and determined the relationships between DEcGs and DElncGs and their clinical implications. By performing Gene set enrichment and protein-protein interaction (PPI) analyses of DEcGs, we identified enrichment of processes crucial for abortive virus life cycle and cancer progression. The DEcGs formed 16 gene clusters which we identified through Molecular Complex Detection (MCODE) plugin of Cytoscape. All the gene clusters portrayed cancer-related functions. We recorded significantly correlated expression levels of 79 DElncGs with DEcGs at proximal genomic loci based on Pearson's Correlation coefficients. Of these gene pairs, 24 pairs portrayed significantly altered correlation coefficients among patients, compared to normal individuals. Of these, 6 DEcGs of 6 such gene pairs, belonged to 5 of the identified gene clusters, one of which was survival-associated. Out of the 24 correlated DEcG: DElncG pairs, we identified 3 pairs, where expression of both members was significantly associated with patient overall survival. The findings justify the cooperative roles of these gene pairs, in patient prognostication, thereby bearing immense potential for translation. Thus, elucidation of correlative strengths between paired DElncGs and DEcGs in patient and normal samples, could serve as a foundation for identification of therapeutic and prognostic targets of HPV16-positive CaCx.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"91"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11360852/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142106951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Variant Impact Predictor database (VIPdb), version 2: trends from three decades of genetic variant impact predictors.","authors":"Yu-Jen Lin, Arul S Menon, Zhiqiang Hu, Steven E Brenner","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00663-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00663-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Variant interpretation is essential for identifying patients' disease-causing genetic variants amongst the millions detected in their genomes. Hundreds of Variant Impact Predictors (VIPs), also known as Variant Effect Predictors (VEPs), have been developed for this purpose, with a variety of methodologies and goals. To facilitate the exploration of available VIP options, we have created the Variant Impact Predictor database (VIPdb).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Variant Impact Predictor database (VIPdb) version 2 presents a collection of VIPs developed over the past three decades, summarizing their characteristics, ClinGen calibrated scores, CAGI assessment results, publication details, access information, and citation patterns. We previously summarized 217 VIPs and their features in VIPdb in 2019. Building upon this foundation, we identified and categorized an additional 190 VIPs, resulting in a total of 407 VIPs in VIPdb version 2. The majority of the VIPs have the capacity to predict the impacts of single nucleotide variants and nonsynonymous variants. More VIPs tailored to predict the impacts of insertions and deletions have been developed since the 2010s. In contrast, relatively few VIPs are dedicated to the prediction of splicing, structural, synonymous, and regulatory variants. The increasing rate of citations to VIPs reflects the ongoing growth in their use, and the evolving trends in citations reveal development in the field and individual methods.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>VIPdb version 2 summarizes 407 VIPs and their features, potentially facilitating VIP exploration for various variant interpretation applications. VIPdb is available at  https://genomeinterpretation.org/vipdb.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"90"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11360829/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142092818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rapid discrimination between deleterious and benign missense mutations in the CAGI 6 experiment.","authors":"Eshel Faraggi, Robert L Jernigan, Andrzej Kloczkowski","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00655-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00655-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We describe the machine learning tool that we applied in the CAGI 6 experiment to predict whether single residue mutations in proteins are deleterious or benign. This tool was trained using only single sequences, i.e., without multiple sequence alignments or structural information. Instead, we used global characterizations of the protein sequence. Training and testing data for human gene mutations was obtained from ClinVar (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/ClinVar/), and for non-human gene mutations from Uniprot (www.uniprot.org). Testing was done on post-training data from ClinVar. This testing yielded high AUC and Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) for well trained examples but low generalizability. For genes with either sparse or unbalanced training data, the prediction accuracy is poor. The resulting prediction server is available online at http://www.mamiris.com/Shoni.cagi6.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"89"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11350969/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Shaping the future of kidney genetics in Australia: proceedings from the KidGen policy implementation workshop 2023.","authors":"Amali Mallawaarachchi, Erik Biros, Trudie Harris, Bruce Bennetts, Tiffany Boughtwood, Justine Elliott, Lindsay Fowles, Robert Gardos, Denisse Garza, Ilias Goranitis, Matilda Haas, Vanessa Huntley, Julia Jefferis, Karin Kassahn, Anna Leaver, Ben Lundie, Sebastian Lunke, Caitlin O'Connor, Greg Pratt, Catherine Quinlan, Dianne Shearman, Jacqueline Soraru, Madhivanan Sundaram, Michel Tchan, Giulia Valente, Julie White, Ella Wilkins, Steve I Alexander, Noa Amir, Stephanie Best, Hossai Gul, Kushani Jayasinghe, Hugh McCarthy, Chirag Patel, Zornitza Stark, Andrew J Mallett","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00656-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00656-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The KidGen Collaborative's Policy Implementation Workshop 2023 celebrated the 10th anniversary of Australia's first kidney genetics clinic in Brisbane. This event marked the establishment of a national network now comprising 19 kidney genetics clinics across Australia, all dedicated to providing equitable access to genomic testing for families affected by genetic kidney diseases. The workshop reflected on past progress and outlined future objectives for kidney genetics in Australia, recognising the collaborative efforts of clinical teams, researchers, and patients. Key insights from the workshop are documented in the proceedings.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"88"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11330018/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141995689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the contribution of genes involved in monogenic bone disorders to the etiology of atypical femoral fractures.","authors":"Natalia Garcia-Giralt, Diana Ovejero, Daniel Grinberg, Xavier Nogues, Santos Castañeda, Susanna Balcells, Raquel Rabionet","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00652-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00652-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Recent studies suggested that genetic variants associated with monogenic bone disorders were involved in the pathogenesis of atypical femoral fractures (AFF). Here, we aim to identify rare genetic variants by whole exome sequencing in genes involved in monogenic rare skeletal diseases in 12 women with AFF and 4 controls without any fracture.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 33 genetic variants identified in women with AFF, eleven (33.3%) were found in genes belonging to the Wnt pathway (LRP5, LRP6, DAAM2, WNT1, and WNT3A). One of them was rated as pathogenic (p.Pro582His in DAAM2), while all others were rated as variants of uncertain significance according to ClinVar and ACMG criteria.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Osteoporosis, rare bone diseases, and AFFs may share the same genes, thus making it even more difficult to identify unique risk factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"87"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11328373/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141987851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}