PanelDesign: Integrating Epidemiological Information into the Design of Diagnostic NGS Gene Panels

We report upon PanelDesign, a framework to support the design of diagnostic next generation DNA sequencing panels with epidemiological information. Two publicly available resources, namely Genomics England PanelApp and Orphadata, were combined into a single data set to allow genes in a given NGS pan...

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Main Authors: Jörg Schmidtke, Peter Philipp, Kathrin Rommel, Ralf Glaubitz, Jörg T. Epplen, Michael Krawczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/4/684
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Summary:We report upon PanelDesign, a framework to support the design of diagnostic next generation DNA sequencing panels with epidemiological information. Two publicly available resources, namely Genomics England PanelApp and Orphadata, were combined into a single data set to allow genes in a given NGS panel to be ranked according to the frequency of the associated diseases, thereby highlighting potential core genes as defined by the Eurogenetest/ESHG guidelines for diagnostic next generation DNA sequencing. In addition, PanelDesign can be used to evaluate the contribution of different genes to a given disease following ACMG (American College of Medical Genetics) technical standards.
ISSN:2073-4425