Title
Data Sharing and Reproducible Clinical Genetic Testing: Successes and Challenges.
Abstract
Open sharing of clinical genetic data promises to both monitor and eventually improve the reproducibility of variant interpretation among clinical testing laboratories. A significant public data resource has been developed by the NIH ClinVar initiative, which includes submissions from hundreds of laboratories and clinics worldwide. We analyzed a subset of ClinVar data focused on specific clinical areas and we find high reproducibility (>90% concordance) among labs, although challenges for the community are clearly identified in this dataset. We further review results for the commonly tested BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which show even higher concordance, although the significant fragmentation of data into different silos presents an ongoing challenge now being addressed by the BRCA Exchange. We encourage all laboratories and clinics to contribute to these important resources.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1142/9789813207813_0017
Biocomputing Series
Field
DocType
Volume
Genetic testing,Biology,Data sharing,Bioinformatics
Conference
22
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2335-6936
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shan Yang100.34
Melissa S. Cline227143.65
Can Zhang300.34
Benedict Paten426624.52
Stephen E. Lincoln500.34