[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] Profiling disease and tissue-specific epigenetic signatures in cell-free DNA

A Oberhofer, AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer… - Journal of Laboratory …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Programmed cell death, accidental cell degradation and active extrusion constantly lead to
the release of DNA fragments into human body fluids from virtually all cell and tissue types. It …

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] 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] The rising tide of cell-free DNA profiling: from snapshot to temporal genome analysis

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer, A Oberhofer… - Journal of Laboratory …, 2022 - degruyter.com
Genomes of diverse origins are continuously shed into human body fluids in the form of
fragmented cell-free DNA (cfDNA). These molecules maintain the genetic and epigenetic …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[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] Detection of cell types contributing to cancer from circulating, cell-free methylated DNA

ME Barefoot, N Loyfer, AJ Kiliti, AP McDeed IV… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Detection of cellular changes in tissue biopsies has been the basis for cancer diagnostics.
However, tissue biopsies are invasive and limited by inaccuracies due to sampling …

[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 …