[HTML][HTML] Long-read genome sequencing identifies causal structural variation in a Mendelian disease

JD Merker, AM Wenger, T Sneddon, M Grove… - Genetics in …, 2018 - nature.com
Purpose Current clinical genomics assays primarily utilize short-read sequencing (SRS),
but SRS has limited ability to evaluate repetitive regions and structural variants. Long-read …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of rare variation on gene expression across tissues

…, AJ Scott, A Li, A Ganna, MC Bassik, JD Merker… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Rare genetic variants are abundant in humans and are expected to contribute to individual
disease risk 1, 2, 3, 4. While genetic association studies have successfully identified common …

Circulating tumor DNA analysis in patients with cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology and College of American Pathologists joint review

JD Merker, GR Oxnard, C Compton… - … of pathology & …, 2018 - meridian.allenpress.com
Purpose.— Clinical use of analytical tests to assess genomic variants in circulating tumor
DNA (ctDNA) is increasing. This joint review from the American Society of Clinical Oncology …

Identification of rare-disease genes using blood transcriptome sequencing and large control cohorts

…, JA Bernstein, EA Ashley, KM Boycott, JD Merker… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
It is estimated that 350 million individuals worldwide suffer from rare diseases, which are
predominantly caused by mutation in a single gene 1 . The current molecular diagnostic rate is …

[HTML][HTML] Next-generation sequencing of acute myeloid leukemia identifies the significance of TP53, U2AF1, ASXL1, and TET2 mutations

RS Ohgami, L Ma, JD Merker, JR Gotlib, I Schrijver… - Modern Pathology, 2015 - Elsevier
We assessed the frequency and clinicopathologic significance of 19 genes currently identified
as significantly mutated in myeloid neoplasms, RUNX1, ASXL1, TET2, CEBPA, IDH1, …

[HTML][HTML] ESMO recommendations on the use of circulating tumour DNA assays for patients with cancer: a report from the ESMO Precision Medicine Working Group

…, M Diehn, A Italiano, J Lindberg, JD Merker… - Annals of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) assays conducted on plasma are rapidly developing a
strong evidence base for use in patients with cancer. The European Society for Medical …

Measurement and clinical monitoring of human lymphocyte clonality by massively parallel VDJ pyrosequencing

SD Boyd, EL Marshall, JD Merker, JM Maniar… - Science translational …, 2009 - science.org
The complex repertoire of immune receptors generated by B and T cells enables recognition
of diverse threats to the host organism. Here, we show that massively parallel DNA …

Clinical interpretation and implications of whole-genome sequencing

…, BA Goldstein, JA Bernstein, H Chaib, JD Merker… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is increasingly applied in clinical medicine
and is expected to uncover clinically significant findings regardless of sequencing indication. …

Assuring the quality of next-generation sequencing in clinical laboratory practice

…, M Manion, TA Manolio, ER Mardis, JD Merker… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
We direct your readers' attention to the principles and guidelines (Supplementary Guidelines)
developed by the Next-generation Sequencing: Standardization of Clinical Testing (Nex-…

Novel mutations in the inhibitory adaptor protein LNK drive JAK-STAT signaling in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms

…, Y Goltsev, KD Gibbs Jr, JD Merker… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
Dysregulated Janus kinase–signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT)
signaling due to activation of tyrosine kinases is a common feature of myeloid malignancies. …