We propose a novel multiple sample aCGH analysis methodology aiming in rare Copy--Number Variations (CNVs) detection. In contrast to the majority of previous approaches, which deal with cancer datasets, we focus on constitutional genomic abnormalities identified in a diverse spectrum of diseases in human. Our method is tested on exon targeted aCGH array of 366 patients affected with developmental delay/intellectual disability, epilepsy, or autism. The proposed algorithms can be applied as a post--processing filtering to any given segmentation method. Thanks to the additional information obtained from multiple samples, we could efficiently detect significant segments corresponding to rare CNVs responsible for pathogenic changes. The robust statistical framework applied in our method enables to eliminate the influence of widespread technical artifact termed 'waves'.

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