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- Title
NGS in Hereditary Ataxia: When Rare Becomes Frequent.
- Authors
Galatolo, Daniele; De Michele, Giovanna; Silvestri, Gabriella; Leuzzi, Vincenzo; Casali, Carlo; Musumeci, Olimpia; Antenora, Antonella; Astrea, Guja; Barghigiani, Melissa; Battini, Roberta; Battisti, Carla; Caputi, Caterina; Cioffi, Ettore; De Michele, Giuseppe; Dotti, Maria Teresa; Fico, Tommasina; Fiorillo, Chiara; Galosi, Serena; Lieto, Maria; Malandrini, Alessandro
- Abstract
The term hereditary ataxia (HA) refers to a heterogeneous group of neurological disorders with multiple genetic etiologies and a wide spectrum of ataxia-dominated phenotypes. Massive gene analysis in next-generation sequencing has entered the HA scenario, broadening our genetic and clinical knowledge of these conditions. In this study, we employed a targeted resequencing panel (TRP) in a large and highly heterogeneous cohort of 377 patients with a clinical diagnosis of HA, but no molecular diagnosis on routine genetic tests. We obtained a positive result (genetic diagnosis) in 33.2% of the patients, a rate significantly higher than those reported in similar studies employing TRP (average 19.4%), and in line with those performed using exome sequencing (ES, average 34.6%). Moreover, 15.6% of the patients had an uncertain molecular diagnosis. STUB1, PRKCG, and SPG7 were the most common causative genes. A comparison with published literature data showed that our panel would have identified 97% of the positive cases reported in previous TRP-based studies and 92% of those diagnosed by ES. Proper use of multigene panels, when combined with detailed phenotypic data, seems to be even more efficient than ES in clinical practice.
- Subjects
FRIEDREICH'S ataxia; GENETIC disorder diagnosis; GENETIC testing; GENETIC disorders; PHENOTYPES
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 16, p8490
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms22168490