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.
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From the Knowledge Network, select Add Association. |
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Specify the following association data: |
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If curation details include position data, select Verify. |
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If there are errors, correct the data and select Verify. |
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If there are no errors, select a transcript from the Transcript drop-down menu. |
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Select Mendelian from the Association Type drop-down menu. |
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Knowledge Network supports only Mendelian associations for BaseSpace Variant Interpreter.
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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.
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For all other associations, add evidence as follows. |
- Select Add New Evidence and then select the evidence type.
- Complete the evidence fields.
Edit an Association
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Open the association and select Create Draft. |
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Modify association details, criteria, and evidence as needed. |
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Changing the phenotype creates a new association with the selected phenotype and disables the original association.