Table 1.
The diagnostic yield of next generation sequencing in suspected mitochondrial disease.
| Genes analysed | Publication | Size of cohort | Biochemical confirmation | Age group | mt-DNA analysis | Diagnostic rate | Proportion of mitochondrial diagnoses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel | <500 | Calvo et al. [22] | 60 | + | P | Included* | 22 (13) | 100% (13) |
| DaRe et al. [23] | 148 | +/- | P and A | Included* | 9% (13) | 46% (6) | ||
| Legati et al. [24] | 125 | +/- | P and A | Included* | 15% (19) | 100% (19) | ||
| >500 | Calvo et al. [25] | 42 | + | P | Included* | 31% (13) | 100% (13) | |
| Vasta et al. [26] | 26 | +/- | P | Excluded prior | 23% (6) | 67% (4) | ||
| Lieber et al. [27] | 84 | +/- | P and A | Included* | 7% (6) | 67% (4) | ||
| Panel summary | 485 | 14% (70) | 84% (59) | |||||
| WES | 20,000 | Haack et al. [30] | 10 | + | P | Included* | 70% (7) | 100% (7) |
| Taylor et al. [31] | 53 | + | P | Excluded prior | 54% (28) | 100% (28) | ||
| Ohtake et al. [32] | 104 | + | P | Excluded prior | 43% (45) | 60% (27) | ||
| Wortmann et al. [33] | 109 | – | P | Excluded prior | 39% (42) | 50% (21) | ||
| Legati et al. [24] | 10 | + | P and A | Included* | 60% (6) | 50% (3) | ||
| Kohda et al. [34] | 142 | + | P | Included* | 35% (49) | 86% (42) | ||
| Pronicka et al. [35] | 113 | – | P | Included* | 59% (67) | 70% (47) | ||
| Puusepp et al. [36] | 28 | – | P | Included* | 57% (16) | 25% (4) | ||
| Theunissen et al. [38] | 63 | – | P and A | Included* | 62% (39) | 82% (32) | ||
| WES Summary | 632 | 47% (299) | 71% (211) |
Some patient had already undergone mt-DNA screening and were either considered negative or inconclusive (containing variants of uncertain significance) A: adult, P: paediatric.