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Peter Ainsworth

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineWestern University

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Latest papers

Comprehensive genetic sequence and copy number analysis for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a Canadian cohort of 2517 patients
Journal of Medical Genetics · 2021
Incidental findings from cancer next generation sequencing panels.
NPJ genomic medicine · 2021
Analysis of Sequence and Copy Number Variants in Canadian Patient Cohort With Familial Cancer Syndromes Using a Unique Next Generation Sequencing Based Approach.
Frontiers in genetics · 2021

All 26 publications

26 publications.

Comprehensive genetic sequence and copy number analysis for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a Canadian cohort of 2517 patients

Volodarsky M, Kerkhof J, Stuart A, Levy M, Brady LI, Tarnopolsky M, Lin H, Ainsworth P, Sadikovic B

Journal of Medical Genetics202137 citations

DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106641

Incidental findings from cancer next generation sequencing panels.

Maani N, Panabaker K, McCuaig JM, Buckley K, Semotiuk K, Farncombe KM, Ainsworth P, Panchal S, Sadikovic B, Armel SR, Lin H, Kim RH

NPJ genomic medicine202119 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41525-021-00224-6 PMID: 34282142

Analysis of Sequence and Copy Number Variants in Canadian Patient Cohort With Familial Cancer Syndromes Using a Unique Next Generation Sequencing Based Approach.

Bhai P, Levy MA, Rooney K, Carere DA, Reilly J, Kerkhof J, Volodarsky M, Stuart A, Kadour M, Panabaker K, Schenkel LC, Lin H, Ainsworth P, Sadikovic B

Frontiers in genetics20217 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.698595 PMID: 34326862

Genome-wide DNA methylation and RNA analyses enable reclassification of two variants of uncertain significance in a patient with clinical Kabuki syndrome.

Aref-Eshghi E, Bourque DK, Kerkhof J, Carere DA, Ainsworth P, Sadikovic B, Armour CM, Lin H

Human mutation201930 citations

DOI: 10.1002/humu.23833 PMID: 31268616

Implementation of an NGS-based sequencing and gene fusion panel for clinical screening of patients with suspected hematologic malignancies.

Levy MA, Santos S, Kerkhof J, Stuart A, Aref-Eshghi E, Guo F, Hedley B, Wong H, Rauh M, Feilotter H, Berardi P, Semenuk L, Yang P, Knoll J, Ainsworth P, McLachlin CM, Chin-Yee I, Kovacs M, Deotare U, Lazo-Langner A, Hsia C, Keeney M, Xenocostas A, Howlett C, Lin H, Sadikovic B

European journal of haematology201926 citations

DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13272 PMID: 31177553

Oophorectomy and risk of contralateral breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Kotsopoulos J, Lubinski J, Lynch HT, Tung N, Armel S, Senter L, Singer CF, Fruscio R, Couch F, Weitzel JN

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment201918 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10549-019-05162-7

Long term follow-up after liver transplantation from a JAK2 mutation positive donor.

Lazo-Langner A, Ainsworth P, McAlister V

Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition20196 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.21037/hbsn.2019.01.06 PMID: 31098378

Genomic DNA Methylation Signatures Enable Concurrent Diagnosis and Clinical Genetic Variant Classification in Neurodevelopmental Syndromes

Aref-Eshghi E, Rodenhiser DI, Schenkel LC, Lin H, Skinner C, Ainsworth P, Paré G, Hood RL, Bulman DE, Kernohan KD

American Journal of Human Genetics2018184 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.008

Age-specific ovarian cancer risks among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

Kotsopoulos J, Gronwald J, Karlan B, Rosen B, Huzarski T, Moller P, Lynch HT, Singer CF, Senter L, Neuhausen SL

Gynecologic Oncology2018103 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.05.011

Peripheral blood epi-signature of Claes-Jensen syndrome enables sensitive and specific identification of patients and healthy carriers with pathogenic mutations in KDM5C

Schenkel LC, Aref-Eshghi E, Skinner C, Ainsworth P, Lin H, Paré G, Rodenhiser DI, Schwartz C, Sadikovic B

Clinical Epigenetics201868 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13148-018-0453-8 PMID: W2803978842

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Peter Ainsworth

Research

Latest papers

Comprehensive genetic sequence and copy number analysis for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a Canadian cohort of 2517 patients

Incidental findings from cancer next generation sequencing panels.

Analysis of Sequence and Copy Number Variants in Canadian Patient Cohort With Familial Cancer Syndromes Using a Unique Next Generation Sequencing Based Approach.

Genome-wide DNA methylation and RNA analyses enable reclassification of two variants of uncertain significance in a patient with clinical Kabuki syndrome.

Implementation of an NGS-based sequencing and gene fusion panel for clinical screening of patients with suspected hematologic malignancies.

Oophorectomy and risk of contralateral breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Long term follow-up after liver transplantation from a JAK2 mutation positive donor.

Genomic DNA Methylation Signatures Enable Concurrent Diagnosis and Clinical Genetic Variant Classification in Neurodevelopmental Syndromes

Age-specific ovarian cancer risks among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

Peripheral blood epi-signature of Claes-Jensen syndrome enables sensitive and specific identification of patients and healthy carriers with pathogenic mutations in KDM5C

Frequent collaborators

Bekim Sadikovic

David Rodenhiser

Steven Narod

William Foulkes

Guillaume Pare

Andrea Eisen

Joanne Kotsopoulos

Barry Rosen

Joan Knoll

Kristin Kernohan

Kelly Metcalfe

Kym Boycott

Alejandro Lazo-Langner

Louise Bordeleau

Christopher Howlett

Muriel Brackstone

Raymond Kim

Jodi Warman Chardon

Michael Rauh

Henry Wong