Rare-disease genetics in the era of next-generation sequencing: discovery to translation
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- 3 September 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Reviews Genetics
- Vol. 14 (10), 681-691
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3555
Abstract
Work over the past 25 years has resulted in the identification of genes responsible for ~50% of the estimated 7,000 rare monogenic diseases, and it is predicted that most of the remaining disease-causing genes will be identified by the year 2020, and probably sooner. This marked acceleration is the result of dramatic improvements in DNA-sequencing technologies and the associated analyses. We examine the rapid maturation of rare-disease genetic analysis and successful strategies for gene identification. We highlight the impact of discovering rare-disease-causing genes, from clinical diagnostics to insights gained into biological mechanisms and common diseases. Last, we explore the increasing therapeutic opportunities and challenges that the resulting expansion of the 'atlas' of human genetic pathology will bring.Keywords
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