Diagnostic high-throughput sequencing of 2396 patients with bleeding, thrombotic, and platelet disorders
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Accepted version
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A targeted high-throughput sequencing (HTS) panel test for clinical diagnostics requires careful consideration of the inclusion of appropriate diagnostic-grade genes, the ability to detect multiple types of genomic variation with high levels of analytic sensitivity and reproducibility, and variant interpretation by a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in the context of the clinical phenotype. We have sequenced 2,396 index patients using the ThromboGenomics HTS panel test of diagnostic-grade genes known to harbour variants associated with rare bleeding, thrombotic or platelet disorders (BTPD). The molecular diagnostic rate was determined by the clinical phenotype, with an overall rate of 49.2% for all thrombotic, coagulation, platelet count and function disorder patients and a rate of 3.2% for patients with unexplained bleeding disorders characterized by normal hemostasis test results. The MDT classified 745 unique variants, including copy number and intronic variants, as Pathogenic, Likely Pathogenic or Variants of Uncertain Significance. Half (50.9%) of these variants are novel and 41 unique variants were identified in 7 genes recently found to be implicated in BTPD. Inspection of canonical hemostasis pathways identified 29 patients with evidence of oligogenic inheritance. A molecular diagnosis has been reported for 894 index patients providing evidence that introducing an HTS genetic test is a valuable addition to laboratory diagnostics in patients with a high likelihood of having an inherited BTPD.
Date Issued
2019-12-05
Date Acceptance
2019-04-22
Citation
Blood, 2019, 134 (23), pp.2082-2091
ISSN
1528-0020
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Start Page
2082
End Page
2091
Journal / Book Title
Blood
Volume
134
Issue
23
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Society of Hematology
Sponsor
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31064749
PII: blood.2018891192
Grant Number
RDF01
Subjects
NIHR BioResource
Immunology
1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
1103 Clinical Sciences
1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2019-05-07