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September 21, 2017  |  General

Data and Software Release: Target Capture and SMRT Sequencing for Alzheimer’s Disease Genes

We’re pleased to release a new data set along with an allele phasing GitHub software workflow for those interested in exploring SMRT Sequencing data from an Alzheimer’s disease candidate gene study. Our team collaborated with Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) to design a 35-gene panel targeting candidate Alzheimer’s disease genes identified as potential genetic risk loci across many GWAS and linkage studies. Long-read PacBio sequencing was applied to brain and skeletal tissue from two individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and a wide range of variants were detected, from SNPs to indels, and larger structural variations up to several kilobases in size. Additionally, alleles were successfully phased which provides a more comprehensive understanding of the biological significance of the variants present in the samples.  Here’s an example screenshot of a BIN1 gene phased into two phase blocks across a 62,641 bp region:

The samples were sequenced using the Sequel System (Sequel Chemistry 1.2) and analyzed with our newly updated Phasing Consensus Analysis for Targeted Sequencing Data GitHub repository. Data sets and related files are available on our PacBio DevNet. Captures of 7 kb genomic fragments for brain and skeletal muscle tissues were each sequenced on a single SMRT Cell, yielding roughly 8 GB of mappable data to the human reference genome.
For more about this data collection, don’t miss the upcoming webinar, “Characterizing Alzheimer’s disease candidate genes and transcripts with targeted, long-read, single-molecule sequencing” hosted by IDT on Wednesday, September 27th. We will be deep diving into the project and illustrate how coupling genomic and transcriptomic captures with xGen® Lockdown® probes enable informative results and insights beyond SNPs.
Watch the webinar here.

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