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Comparison of different genetic testing modalities applied in paediatric patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic
Xueting Cheng1, Jiahuan Chen1, Xueying Yang1
1Department of Nephrology, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Background:
Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) are monogenic in some cases, however, there are still no clear guidelines on genetic testing in the clinical practice of SRNS in children.
Methods:
Three hundred thirty-two children were diagnosed with SRNS, and all children underwent genetic testing, including gene panels and/or whole-exome/genome sequencing (WES/WGS), during treatment. We analysed the relationship between clinical manifestation and genotype, and compared different genetic testing methods' detection rates and prices.
Results:
In this study, 30.12% (100/332) of children diagnosed with SRNS had monogenic causes of the disease. With 33.7% (122/332) of children achieving complete remission, 88.5% (108/122) received steroids combined with tacrolimus (TAC). In detectability, WES increased by 8.69% (4/46) on gene panel testing, while WGS increased by 4.27% (5/117) on WES, and WES was approximately 1/7 of the price of WGS for every further 1% increase in pathogenicity.
Conclusions:
We verified that steroids combined with TAC were the most effective option in paediatric SRNS. In detection efficiency, we found that WGS was the highest, followed by WES. The panel was the lowest, but the most cost-effective method when considering the economic-benefit ratio, and thus it should be recommended first in SRNS.
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