Most of the disease-causing mutations that science has been able to identify so far are located within the exons. Whereas most genetic tests focus on a single gene or on a set number of predetermined genes, whole exome sequencing examines thousands of genes simultaneously.
Articles on Whole Exome Sequencing
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Hereditary Angioedema (HAE): Hidden in Plain Sight
Watch our webinar, where Dr. Aida M. Bertoli-Avella, Head of Research Data Analysis, Dr. Volha Skrahina, Vice Director Clinical Studies, and Dr. Selen Zülbahar, Clinical Project Manager & Team Leader (EHA Project Lead) discuss about Hereditary Angioedema.
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Novel Causes for Heart Malformations
An ever-increasing number of genes have been linked to heart malformations. For ADAMTS19, the most recent addition to this list, a querying of CENTOGENE’s well-curated database - CentoMD® - identified three patients that carry three different pathogenic variants. This genetic spectrum, along with a…
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Manifestation and Progression of an Ultra-Rare Disorder
Rarity is a major obstacle for comprehensively understanding certain genetic disorders, and thus the availability of case reports is critical. The disease course of a patient, who had been diagnosed at CENTOGENE with an ultra-rare condition termed ‘Congenital Disorder of Deglycosilation,’ was…
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Consanguinity and Recessive Disorders
High consanguinity is associated with a high prevalence of recessive genetic disorders. CENTOGENE recently contributed to a study which confirmed this notion in Arab communities in Israel. Whole exome sequencing identified causative homozygous variants in >50% of patients with neurological…
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Genetics of the Blood-Brain Barrier
Proper function of the blood-brain barrier relies on the so-called tight junctions. In four families, one of which was identified at CENTOGENE, mutations in the tight junction-encoding gene JAM2 were recently shown to result in brain calcification.