Variant related filters

Variant related fields #

Here is the list of all the available variant-related filters that can be used to query SwissGenVar.


Clinical significance #

Description #

This field corresponds to the clinical significance of the variant.

Content #

The following values can be used to filter:

  • Pathogenic
  • Likely pathogenic
  • Uncertain significance
  • Likely benign
  • Benign

Data source #

Custom values adjusted from ClinVar.


Causality #

Description #

This field corresponds to the causality of the variant.

Content #

The following values can be used to filter:

  • Causative
  • Likely causative
  • Probably not causative
  • Not causative
  • VUS
  • Variant in a GUS

Data source #

Custom values.


Variant type #

Description #

This field corresponds to the type of the variant.

Content #

The following values from HGVS can be used to filter:

  • CNV - amplification
  • CNV - deletion
  • CNV - insertion/duplication
  • Complex
  • Complex rearrangement
  • Conversion
  • Deletion
  • Deletion-insertion
  • Duplication
  • Insertion
  • Methylation/epigenetic change
  • Repeat variation
  • Structural variant
  • Substitution

Data source #

Custom values.


Variant effect #

Description #

This field corresponds to the effect of the variant.

Content #

Here is the custom list of terms selected from VEP:

  • Missense variant
  • Nonsense
  • Splicing variant
  • Splice acceptor variant
  • Splice donor variant
  • Regulatory region
  • Promoter region
  • Inframe variant
  • Inframe insertion
  • Inframe deletion
  • Intron variant
  • Synonymous variant
  • Stop lost
  • Start lost
  • Frameshift variant
  • Upstream gene variant
  • Downstream gene variant
  • 5 prime UTR variant
  • 3 prime UTR variant
  • Exon deletion
  • Exon duplication
  • Contiguous gene deletion
  • Contiguous gene duplication

Data source #

Partly coming from VEP.


Gene locus type #

Description #

This field corresponds to the gene locus type.

Content #

Here is the custom list of terms selected from HGNC:

  • Protein coding gene
  • Non-coding RNA gene
    • long non-coding RNA
    • microRNA
    • ribosomal RNA
    • transfer RNA
    • small nuclear RNA
    • small nucleolar RNA
    • other
  • Locus subjected to imprinting

Data source #

Partly coming from HGNC


Gene HUGO symbol #

Description #

This field corresponds to the gene HUGO symbol.

Content #

This filter proposes a list of gene HUGO terms that are already present in the database.

Data source #

HUGO


Location #

Description #

This field corresponds to the location of the variant on a chromosome.

Content #

This filter proposes a list of genomes references (GrCh37 and GrCh38)and allows to enter a chromosome and genomic positions (start and end).

Data source #

None