Poster Presentation 45th Lorne Genome Conference 2024

Utilising single-cell data to prioritise genetic variants (#259)

Timothy Chapman 1 , Kate Farley 1 , Kevin Chen 1 , Timo Lassmann 1
  1. Telethon Kids Institure, Subiaco, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Australia

Our study investigates the use of single-cell gene expression profiles to improve the identification of disease-causing variants in rare disease patients. We integrate established databases of pathogenic variants with genome-wide pathogenicity scores, human phenotype ontology annotations, and extensive expression data maps. We evaluate the effectiveness of various pseudobulk methods and compare the utility of tissue-specific versus cell type-specific expression data in variant prioritization.