The solution is validated against samples from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA); the bioinformatics pipeline is validated in accordance with the recommendations of the Association for Molecular Pathology (USA).
Does not require bioinformatician
Fully automatic analysis and data quality assessment, including contamination control and sample sex determination in VariFind™ software.
Simple and fast interpretation
Proprietary mutation base annotated according to standards published by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG). Links to external sources of annotation such as ClinVar, dbSNP and gnomAD databases. Ability to request a qualified annotation of a discovered new variant.
Specifications
Genes and associated diseases
Description
⠀⠀⠀⠀Although hundreds of congenital metabolic disorders have been described to date, most of these are rare. However, taken together, metabolic disorders account for a significant proportion of morbidity and mortality from genetic disorders. According to conservative studies, the incidence of metabolic disorders is approximately 1 in every 2500 births, comprising 10% of all monogenic disorders in children. Moreover, different alleles of genes encoding enzymes can alter the risk factor associated with many common diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
⠀⠀⠀⠀Fatty acid metabolism disorders are considered rare hereditary diseases. Along with the possible pathogenic genetic variants (mutations) that cause them, however, they remain poorly studied. The use of high-throughput sequencing allows the identification of already known and novel variants in all coding regions of linked genes. Detection of mutant variants in a child or the positive carrier status of parents allows genetic counselling for further diagnostics or reproductive manipulations.
Gene
Associated diseases
ACAD9
Mitochondrial complex I deficiency due to ACAD9 deficiency
ACADM
Deficiency of Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, medium chain
ACADS
Deficiency of Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, short-chain
ACADVL
VLCAD deficiency
CPT1A
CPT deficiency, hepatic, type IA
CPT1B
Carnitine palmitoyl transferase (L) deficiency
CPT2
CPT II deficiency
DECR1
Dienoyl reductase deficiency
ETFA
Glutaric acidemia IIA
ETFB
Glutaric acidemia IIB
ETFDH
Glutaric acidemia IIC
FLAD1
Lipid storage myopathy due to flavin adenine dinucleotide synthetase deficiency