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Targeted Next-generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Pipeline to Evaluate Genetic Determinants of Constitutional Disease
Published on: April 4, 2018
Development and Validation of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Panels for Detection of Germline Variants in
Avni Santani, Jill Murrell, Birgit Funke
1From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Dr Santani); the Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Drs Santani, Murrell, and Yu); the Department of Pathology, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Funke); the Laboratory for Molecular Medicine at Partners HealthCare, Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Dr Funke); the Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Hegde); the Department of Pathology, ARUP Laboratories Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology (Dr Mao) and the Department of Pathology (Dr Voelkerding), University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City; the Division of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (Dr Ferreira-Gonzalez); Genomics and Bioinformatics, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah (Dr Voelkerding); and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Dr Weck).
Context:
- The number of targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels for genetic diseases offered by clinical laboratories is rapidly increasing. Before an NGS-based test is implemented in a clinical laboratory, appropriate validation studies are needed to determine the performance characteristics of the test.
Objective:
- To provide examples of assay design and validation of targeted NGS gene panels for the detection of germline variants associated with inherited disorders.
Data Sources:
- The approaches used by 2 clinical laboratories for the development and validation of targeted NGS gene panels are described. Important design and validation considerations are examined.
Conclusions:
- Clinical laboratories must validate performance specifications of each test prior to implementation. Test design specifications and validation data are provided, outlining important steps in validation of targeted NGS panels by clinical diagnostic laboratories.
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