Priming agents transiently reduce the clearance of cell-free DNA to improve liquid biopsies

C Martin-Alonso, S Tabrizi, K Xiong, T Blewett… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Liquid biopsies enable early detection and monitoring of diseases such as cancer, but their
sensitivity remains limited by the scarcity of analytes such as cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in blood …

A hitchhiker's guide to cell-free DNA biology

F Mouliere - Neuro-oncology advances, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Liquid biopsy provides a noninvasive window to the cancer genome and physiology. In
particular, cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a versatile analyte for guiding treatment, monitoring …

Development of a deep learning model for cancer diagnosis by inspecting cell-free DNA end-motifs

H Shen, M Yang, J Liu, K Chen, X Li - NPJ Precision Oncology, 2024 - nature.com
Accurate discrimination between patients with and without cancer from cfDNA is crucial for
early cancer diagnosis. Herein, we develop and validate a deep-learning-based model …

Biomarkers of gastric cancer: current advancement

T Jiang, L Mei, X Yang, T Sun, Z Wang, Y Ji - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most prevalent malignant types worldwide, especially in
East Asia. Due to its frequently advanced stage at diagnosis, the mortality from GC is high …

Microbial cell-free DNA-sequencing as an addition to conventional diagnostics in neonatal sepsis

J Balks, S Grumaz, S Mazzitelli, U Neder, L Lemloh… - Pediatric …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Bloodstream infections remain a challenge for neonatologists, as traditional
culture-based methods are time-consuming and rely on adequate blood volume. Next …

Role of cell-free DNA and deoxyribonucleases in tumor progression

L Alekseeva, N Mironova - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many studies have reported an increase in the level of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in
the blood of patients with cancer. cfDNA mainly comes from tumor cells and, therefore …

Next-Generation Sequencing–Based Analysis of Urine Cell-Free mtDNA Reveals Aberrant Fragmentation and Mutation Profile in Cancer Patients

K Zhou, Y Liu, Q Yuan, D Lai, S Guo, Z Wang… - Clinical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Many studies have demonstrated the high efficacy of cell-free nuclear DNA in
cancer diagnostics. Compared to nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exhibits distinct …

Fragmentomics of urinary cell-free DNA in nuclease knockout mouse models

M Chen, RWY Chan, PPH Cheung, M Ni… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Urinary cell-free DNA (ucfDNA) is a potential biomarker for bladder cancer detection.
However, the biological characteristics of ucfDNA are not well understood. We explored the …

Circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease—the relationship to health behaviours, ageing phenotypes and metabolomics

L Kananen, M Hurme, A Bürkle, M Moreno-Villanueva… - GeroScience, 2023 - Springer
Circulating cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) has emerged as a promising biomarker of ageing, tissue
damage and cellular stress. However, less is known about health behaviours, ageing …

DNASE1L3 inhibits proliferation, invasion and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma by interacting with β‐catenin to promote its ubiquitin degradation pathway

B Li, YZ Ge, WW Yan, B Gong, K Cao, R Zhao… - Cell …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a member of the deoxyribonuclease 1 family, DNASE1L3 plays a significant role both
inside and outside the cell. However, the role of DNASE1L3 in hepatocellular carcinoma …