The Human Gene Mutation Database: towards a comprehensive repository of inherited mutation data for medical research, genetic diagnosis and next-generation sequencing studies

Stenson, Peter D., Mort, Matthew, Ball, Edward V., Evans, Katy, Hayden, Matthew, Heywood, Sally, Hussain, Michelle, Phillips, Andrew and Cooper, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-8484 2017. The Human Gene Mutation Database: towards a comprehensive repository of inherited mutation data for medical research, genetic diagnosis and next-generation sequencing studies. Human Genetics 136 (6) , pp. 665-677. 10.1007/s00439-017-1779-6

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Abstract

The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD®) constitutes a comprehensive collection of published germline mutations in nuclear genes that underlie, or are closely associated with human inherited disease. At the time of writing (March 2017), the database contained in excess of 203,000 different gene lesions identified in over 8000 genes manually curated from over 2600 journals. With new mutation entries currently accumulating at a rate exceeding 17,000 per annum, HGMD represents de facto the central unified gene/disease-oriented repository of heritable mutations causing human genetic disease used worldwide by researchers, clinicians, diagnostic laboratories and genetic counsellors, and is an essential tool for the annotation of next-generation sequencing data. The public version of HGMD (http://www.hgmd.org) is freely available to registered users from academic institutions and non-profit organisations whilst the subscription version (HGMD Professional) is available to academic, clinical and commercial users under license via QIAGEN Inc.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0340-6717
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	11 May 2017
Date of Acceptance:	14 March 2017
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 21:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/100522

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