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The RD‐Connect Genome‐Phenome Analysis Platform: Accelerating diagnosis, research, and gene discovery for rare diseases

2022; Wiley; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/humu.24353

1098-1004

Steven Laurie, Davide Piscia, Leslie Matalonga, Alberto Corvò, Carles García, Marcos Fernández-Callejo, Carles Hernández-Ferrer, Cristina Luengo, Anastasios Papakonstantinou, Joan Protassio, Inés Martínez, Daniel Picó, Rachel Thompson, Raúl Tonda, Mónica Bayés, Gemma Bullich, Jordi Camps, Ida Paramonov, Jean-Rémi Trotta, Ángel Alonso, Marcella Attimonelli, Christophe Béroud, Virginie Bros‐Facer, Orion J. Buske, Andrés Cañada, José M. Fernández, Mats Hansson, Rita Horváth, Julius O.B. Jacobsen, Rajaram Kaliyaperumal, Séverine Lair, Luana Licata, Pedro Lopes, Estrella López‐Martín, Deborah Mascalzoni, Lucía Monaco, Luis Pérez Jurado, Manuel Posada de la Paz, Jordi Rambla, Ana Rath, Olaf Rieß, Peter N. Robinson, Damian Smedley, Dylan Spalding, Peter A.C. ‘t Hoen, Ana Töpf, Irina Zaharieva, Holm Graeßner, Marta Gut, Hanns Lochmüller, Sergi Beltrán,

Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Rare disease patients are more likely to receive a rapid molecular diagnosis nowadays thanks to the wide adoption of next-generation sequencing. However, many cases remain undiagnosed even after exome or genome analysis, because the methods used missed the molecular cause in a known gene, or a novel causative gene could not be identified and/or confirmed. To address these challenges, the RD-Connect Genome-Phenome Analysis Platform (GPAP) facilitates the collation, discovery, sharing, and analysis of standardized genome-phenome data within a collaborative environment. Authorized clinicians and researchers submit pseudonymised phenotypic profiles encoded using the Human Phenotype Ontology, and raw genomic data which is processed through a standardized pipeline. After an optional embargo period, the data are shared with other platform users, with the objective that similar cases in the system and queries from peers may help diagnose the case. Additionally, the platform enables bidirectional discovery of similar cases in other databases from the Matchmaker Exchange network. To facilitate genome-phenome analysis and interpretation by clinical researchers, the RD-Connect GPAP provides a powerful user-friendly interface and leverages tens of information sources. As a result, the resource has already helped diagnose hundreds of rare disease patients and discover new disease causing genes.