[HTML][HTML] Cell-free DNA fragmentomics in liquid biopsy

SC Ding, YMD Lo - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in bodily fluids has rapidly transformed the development of
noninvasive prenatal testing, cancer liquid biopsy, and transplantation monitoring. Plasma …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-Free DNA fragmentomics: the novel promising biomarker

T Qi, M Pan, H Shi, L Wang, Y Bai, Q Ge - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cell-free DNA molecules are released into the plasma via apoptotic or necrotic events and
active release mechanisms, which carry the genetic and epigenetic information of its origin …

Orientation-aware plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation analysis in open chromatin regions informs tissue of origin

K Sun, P Jiang, SH Cheng, THT Cheng… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in human plasma is a class of biomarkers with many current and
potential future diagnostic applications. Recent studies have shown that cfDNA molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing the origin of cell-Free DNA molecules through tissue-Specific epigenetic signatures

A Oberhofer, AJ Bronkhorst, C Uhlig, V Ungerer… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
All cell and tissue types constantly release DNA fragments into human body fluids by various
mechanisms including programmed cell death, accidental cell degradation and active …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic biomarkers in cell-free DNA and applications in liquid biopsy

W Gai, K Sun - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cell-free circulating DNA (cfDNA) in plasma has gained global interest as a diagnostic
material for noninvasive prenatal testing and cancer diagnosis, or the so-called “liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Non-random fragmentation patterns in circulating cell-free DNA reflect epigenetic regulation

M Ivanov, A Baranova, T Butler, P Spellman, V Mileyko - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background The assessment of cell-free circulating DNA fragments, also known as a" liquid
biopsy" of the patient's plasma, is an important source for the discovery and subsequent non …

[HTML][HTML] Putative origins of cell-free DNA in humans: a review of active and passive nucleic acid release mechanisms

S Grabuschnig, AJ Bronkhorst, S Holdenrieder… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Through various pathways of cell death, degradation, and regulated extrusion, partial or
complete genomes of various origins (eg, host cells, fetal cells, and infiltrating viruses and …

Limitations and opportunities of technologies for the analysis of cell-free DNA in cancer diagnostics

P Song, LR Wu, YH Yan, JX Zhang, T Chu… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the circulating blood plasma of patients with cancer contains
tumour-derived DNA sequences that can serve as biomarkers for guiding therapy, for the …

Characteristics, origin, and potential for cancer diagnostics of ultrashort plasma cell-free DNA

I Hudecova, CG Smith, R Hänsel-Hertsch… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Current evidence suggests that plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is fragmented around a mode
of 166 bp. Data supporting this view has been mainly acquired through the analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] At the dawn: cell-free DNA fragmentomics and gene regulation

Y Liu - British Journal of Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenetic mechanisms play instrumental roles in gene regulation during embryonic
development and disease progression. However, it is challenging to non-invasively monitor …