Genomic disorders 20 years on-mechanisms for clinical manifestations.

TitleGenomic disorders 20 years on-mechanisms for clinical manifestations.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsHarel, T, Lupski, JR
JournalClin Genet
Volume93
Issue3
Pagination439-449
Date Published2018 Mar
ISSN1399-0004
KeywordsDNA Copy Number Variations, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Diseases, Inborn, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Genetic Variation, Genome, Human, Genomic Instability, Genomics, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Humans, Phenotype
Abstract

Genomic disorders result from copy-number variants (CNVs) or submicroscopic rearrangements of the genome rather than from single nucleotide variants (SNVs). Diverse technologies, including array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarrays, and more recently, whole genome sequencing and whole-exome sequencing, have enabled robust genome-wide unbiased detection of CNVs in affected individuals and in reportedly healthy controls. Sequencing of breakpoint junctions has allowed for elucidation of upstream mechanisms leading to genomic instability and resultant structural variation, whereas studies of the association between CNVs and specific diseases or susceptibility to morbid traits have enhanced our understanding of the downstream effects. In this review, we discuss the hallmarks of genomic disorders as they were defined during the first decade of the field, including genomic instability and the mechanism for rearrangement defined as nonallelic homologous recombination (NAHR); recurrent vs nonrecurrent rearrangements; and gene dosage sensitivity. Moreover, we highlight the exciting advances of the second decade of this field, including a deeper understanding of genomic instability and the mechanisms underlying complex rearrangements, mechanisms for constitutional and somatic chromosomal rearrangements, structural intra-species polymorphisms and susceptibility to NAHR, the role of CNVs in the context of genome-wide copy number and single nucleotide variation, and the contribution of noncoding CNVs to human disease.

DOI10.1111/cge.13146
Alternate JournalClin Genet
PubMed ID28950406

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