Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
Genet Med. 2018 Aug;20(8):791-799. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0087-4. Epub 2018 Jul 22.
Prenatal genetics has evolved over the last decade to include application of new 'omics technologies to improve perinatal care. The clinical utility of these technologies when applied to direct fetal specimens from amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling is being explored. In this review, we provide an overview of use of prenatal exome sequencing and role in evaluation of the structurally abnormal fetus, potential applications of genome sequencing, and finally, use of transcriptomics to assess placental and fetal well-being.
在过去的十年中,产前遗传学已经发展到包括应用新的“组学”技术来改善围产期护理。目前正在探索将这些技术应用于羊膜穿刺术或绒毛膜活检直接获得的胎儿标本时的临床实用性。在这篇综述中,我们提供了产前外显子组测序的使用概述及其在评估结构异常胎儿中的作用、基因组测序的潜在应用,以及最后使用转录组学评估胎盘和胎儿健康的情况。