RNA - seq analysis detected aberrant splicing in DONSON due to one of
these noncoding variants, showing a causative role for DONSON disruption in MMS.
Huang Y - F, Gulko B, Siepel A. Fast, scalable prediction of deleterious
noncoding variants from functional and population genomic data.
The authors also leveraged our current knowledge of gene - phenotype relationships, and the comprehensive nature of WGS data, to identify three pathogenic
noncoding variants.
It's a complicated picture, to be sure, but it suggests some specific areas in which
noncoding variants are exerting a cis - regulatory effect on the LPA gene.
Rather than modify protein structure and function,
these noncoding variants frequently impact regulatory elements and thereby alter the quantitative and spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression.
Candidate genes and functional
noncoding variants identified in a canine model of obsessive - compulsive disorder.
J H S Tong and colleagues report a study that brings into sharp focus the likely relevance of
noncoding variants for the genetic risk associated with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Whole - genome sequencing identifies inherited
noncoding variants in families affected by autism spectrum disorder.
Not exact matches
Assessing the influence of individual DNA base changes is particularly difficult in
noncoding regions, so they instead identified bigger alterations, so - called structural
variants, in which large sequences of DNA are inverted, duplicated, or deleted.
WGS is attractive here, because it enables you to look at
noncoding and structural
variants in linkage regions, rather than taking a gene - centric approach.
And let's face it, exome sequencing lets us conveniently avoid some of the most challenging aspects of human genomics, like detecting complex rearrangements (SVs) and interpreting
noncoding regulatory
variants.
Undoubtedly a significant proportion of important genetic
variants lie in
noncoding regions, where they exert a regulatory effect.
These included tier 1 (coding), tier 2 (conserved / regulatory), and tier 3 (unique
noncoding)
variants.
Ironically, another reason people like exome sequencing is because of the limited scope: it essentially doesn't interrogate the regions (
noncoding) and
variant types (SVs) that are more difficult to interpret.
342/12: 15 LARVA: An integrative framework for Large - scale Analysis of Recurrent
Variants in
noncoding Annotations.