An integrative computational approach for prioritization of genomic variants
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An integrative computational approach for prioritization of genomic variants. / Dubchak, Inna; Balasubramanian, Sandhya; Wang, Sheng; Cem, Meydan; Meyden, Cem; Sulakhe, Dinanath; Poliakov, Alexander; Börnigen, Daniela; Xie, Bingqing; Taylor, Andrew; Ma, Jianzhu; Paciorkowski, Alex R; Mirzaa, Ghayda M; Dave, Paul; Agam, Gady; Xu, Jinbo; Al-Gazali, Lihadh; Mason, Christopher E; Ross, M Elizabeth; Maltsev, Natalia; Gilliam, T Conrad.
In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 12, 2014, p. e114903.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - An integrative computational approach for prioritization of genomic variants
AU - Dubchak, Inna
AU - Balasubramanian, Sandhya
AU - Wang, Sheng
AU - Cem, Meydan
AU - Meyden, Cem
AU - Sulakhe, Dinanath
AU - Poliakov, Alexander
AU - Börnigen, Daniela
AU - Xie, Bingqing
AU - Taylor, Andrew
AU - Ma, Jianzhu
AU - Paciorkowski, Alex R
AU - Mirzaa, Ghayda M
AU - Dave, Paul
AU - Agam, Gady
AU - Xu, Jinbo
AU - Al-Gazali, Lihadh
AU - Mason, Christopher E
AU - Ross, M Elizabeth
AU - Maltsev, Natalia
AU - Gilliam, T Conrad
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - An essential step in the discovery of molecular mechanisms contributing to disease phenotypes and efficient experimental planning is the development of weighted hypotheses that estimate the functional effects of sequence variants discovered by high-throughput genomics. With the increasing specialization of the bioinformatics resources, creating analytical workflows that seamlessly integrate data and bioinformatics tools developed by multiple groups becomes inevitable. Here we present a case study of a use of the distributed analytical environment integrating four complementary specialized resources, namely the Lynx platform, VISTA RViewer, the Developmental Brain Disorders Database (DBDB), and the RaptorX server, for the identification of high-confidence candidate genes contributing to pathogenesis of spina bifida. The analysis resulted in prediction and validation of deleterious mutations in the SLC19A placental transporter in mothers of the affected children that causes narrowing of the outlet channel and therefore leads to the reduced folate permeation rate. The described approach also enabled correct identification of several genes, previously shown to contribute to pathogenesis of spina bifida, and suggestion of additional genes for experimental validations. The study demonstrates that the seamless integration of bioinformatics resources enables fast and efficient prioritization and characterization of genomic factors and molecular networks contributing to the phenotypes of interest.
AB - An essential step in the discovery of molecular mechanisms contributing to disease phenotypes and efficient experimental planning is the development of weighted hypotheses that estimate the functional effects of sequence variants discovered by high-throughput genomics. With the increasing specialization of the bioinformatics resources, creating analytical workflows that seamlessly integrate data and bioinformatics tools developed by multiple groups becomes inevitable. Here we present a case study of a use of the distributed analytical environment integrating four complementary specialized resources, namely the Lynx platform, VISTA RViewer, the Developmental Brain Disorders Database (DBDB), and the RaptorX server, for the identification of high-confidence candidate genes contributing to pathogenesis of spina bifida. The analysis resulted in prediction and validation of deleterious mutations in the SLC19A placental transporter in mothers of the affected children that causes narrowing of the outlet channel and therefore leads to the reduced folate permeation rate. The described approach also enabled correct identification of several genes, previously shown to contribute to pathogenesis of spina bifida, and suggestion of additional genes for experimental validations. The study demonstrates that the seamless integration of bioinformatics resources enables fast and efficient prioritization and characterization of genomic factors and molecular networks contributing to the phenotypes of interest.
KW - Child
KW - Female
KW - Folic Acid
KW - Genomics
KW - Humans
KW - Models, Molecular
KW - Mutation
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Protein Conformation
KW - Reduced Folate Carrier Protein
KW - Software
KW - Spinal Dysraphism
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
KW - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0114903
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0114903
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25506935
VL - 9
SP - e114903
JO - PLOS ONE
JF - PLOS ONE
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 12
ER -