MYOSEQ project

The MYOSEQ project focuses on the application of next generation sequencing, in particular whole exome sequencing (WES), in a large cohort of patients with unexplained limb‐girdle weakness (LGW). Focusing on undiagnosed patients with a clearly defined clinical phenotype enables increased diagnostic rates for known genes (in particular Pompe disease, GNE related pathologies and other known LGMD subtypes) in this cohort, while the use of WES provides scope both for new gene discovery and for additional research into disease modifiers and genotype‐phenotype correlation with substantial cost effectiveness. The LGW patient cohort was collated by Newcastle University in collaboration with clinical centers across Europe. The sequencing was performed at the Broad Institute and jointly analyzed with Newcastle University.

Type: Other
Archiver: European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)

1 Dataset 1 Publication

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Dataset ID	Description	Technology	Samples
EGAD00001006158	The MYOSEQ project focuses on the application of next generation sequencing, in particular whole exome sequencing (WES), in a large cohort of patients with unexplained limb‐girdle weakness (LGW). Focusing on undiagnosed patients with a clearly defined clinical phenotype enables increased diagnostic rates for known genes (in particular Pompe disease, GNE related pathologies and other known LGMD subtypes) in this cohort, while the use of WES provides scope both for new gene discovery and for additional research into disease modifiers and genotype‐phenotype correlation with substantial cost effectiveness. The LGW patient cohort was collated by Newcastle University in collaboration with clinical centers across Europe. The sequencing was performed at the Broad Institute and jointly analyzed with Newcastle University.	HiSeq X Ten Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx Illumina HiSeq 2000	888

Publications	Citations
Detection of variants in dystroglycanopathy-associated genes through the application of targeted whole-exome sequencing analysis to a large cohort of patients with unexplained limb-girdle muscle weakness. Johnson K, Bertoli M, Phillips L, Töpf A, Van den Bergh P, Vissing J, Witting N, Nafissi S, Jamal-Omidi S, Łusakowska A, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Potulska-Chromik A, Deconinck N, Wallgren-Pettersson C, Strang-Karlsson S, Colomer J, Claeys KG, De Ridder W, Baets J, von der Hagen M, Fernández-Torrón R, Zulaica Ijurco M, Espinal Valencia JB, Hahn A, Durmus H, Willis T, Xu L, Valkanas E, Mullen TE, Lek M, MacArthur DG, Straub V. Skelet Muscle 8: 2018 23	27

Publications

Citations

Detection of variants in dystroglycanopathy-associated genes through the application of targeted whole-exome sequencing analysis to a large cohort of patients with unexplained limb-girdle muscle weakness.
Johnson K, Bertoli M, Phillips L, Töpf A, Van den Bergh P, Vissing J, Witting N, Nafissi S, Jamal-Omidi S, Łusakowska A, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Potulska-Chromik A, Deconinck N, Wallgren-Pettersson C, Strang-Karlsson S, Colomer J, Claeys KG, De Ridder W, Baets J, von der Hagen M, Fernández-Torrón R, Zulaica Ijurco M, Espinal Valencia JB, Hahn A, Durmus H, Willis T, Xu L, Valkanas E, Mullen TE, Lek M, MacArthur DG, Straub V. Skelet Muscle 8: 2018 23