New perspectives on the importance of cell-free DNA biology

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer, A Oberhofer, S Gabriel… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Body fluids are constantly replenished with a population of genetically diverse cell-free DNA
(cfDNA) fragments, representing a vast reservoir of information reflecting real-time changes …

Cell-free DNA fragmentomics: the new “Omics” on the block

RWK Chiu, E Heitzer, YMD Lo, F Mouliere… - Clinical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) are short DNA molecules that circulate in blood and are believed to
be derived from fragmentation of the genomic content of apoptotic and necrotic cells. cfDNA …

Towards systematic nomenclature for cell-free DNA

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer, F Diehl, P Anker, Y Dor… - Human genetics, 2021 - Springer
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has become widely recognized as a promising candidate biomarker
for minimally invasive characterization of various genomic disorders and other clinical …

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 …

The utility of repetitive cell-free DNA in cancer liquid biopsies

U Gezer, AJ Bronkhorst, S Holdenrieder - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Liquid biopsy is a broad term that refers to the testing of body fluids for biomarkers that
correlate with a pathological condition. While a variety of body-fluid components (eg …

Circulating cell-free DNA for cancer early detection

Q Gao, Q Zeng, Z Wang, C Li, Y Xu, P Cui, X Zhu, H Lu… - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Effective screening modalities are currently available for only a small subset of cancers, and
they generally have suboptimal performance with complicated procedures. Therefore, there …

Transcending Blood—Opportunities for Alternate Liquid Biopsies in Oncology

B Werner, K Warton, CE Ford - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cell-free DNA—DNA that has been expelled from cells and can be
isolated from blood plasma and other body fluids—is a useful tool in medicine, with …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of cell-free DNA as a molecular marker for cancer management

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer, S Holdenrieder - Biomolecular detection and …, 2019 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies demonstrate the potential use of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) as a
surrogate marker for multiple indications in cancer, including diagnosis, prognosis, and …

Serial profiling of cell-free DNA and nucleosome histone modifications in cell cultures

V Ungerer, AJ Bronkhorst, P Van den Ackerveken… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Recent advances in basic research have unveiled several strategies for improving the
sensitivity and specificity of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) based assays, which is a prerequisite for …