Add an Association in Knowledge Network
When you have determined that an association exists between a gene or variant and a particular disease, record the association in Knowledge Network.
Association data and evidence citations appear in reports. For information about including associations in a case report, see Reports.
1. | From the Knowledge Network, select Add Association. |
2. | Specify the following association data: |
• | Biomarker type |
• | Transcript type |
• | VEP version |
• | Genome build |
• | Curation level |
• | Curation details |
3. | If curation details include position data, select Verify. |
• | If there are errors, correct the data and select Verify. |
• | If there are no errors, select a transcript from the Transcript drop-down menu. |
4. | Select Next. |
5. | Select Mendelian from the Association Type drop-down menu. |
NOTE
Knowledge Network supports only Mendelian associations for BaseSpace Variant Interpreter.
6. | Select Next. |
7. | Complete the Association Details fields. Details vary by association type. |
8. | For SNV nucleotide associations, add evidence as follows. Evidence criteria are used in the association details calculated classification. |
- Select Add New Criteria and then select the ACMG criteria level.
- [Optional] Select a different evidence strength. The default strength is determined by the selected criteria.
- To exclude criteria from the calculated classification, select Do not apply to calculation.
- In the Rationale field, add your rationale for the criteria.
- Select an evidence type and complete the evidence fields. Criteria require at least one evidence.
- To add more evidence to a criteria level, select Add Evidence.
9. | For all other associations, add evidence as follows. |
- Select Add New Evidence and then select the evidence type.
- Complete the evidence fields.
10. | Select Save. |
Edit an Association
1. | Open the association and select Create Draft. |
2. | Select Edit. |
3. | Modify association details, criteria, and evidence as needed. |
NOTE
Changing the phenotype creates a new association with the selected phenotype and disables the original association.
4. | Select Approve. |