Epigenetics, fragmentomics, and topology of cell-free DNA in liquid biopsies

YMD Lo, DSC Han, P Jiang, RWK Chiu - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Liquid biopsies that are based on analysis of cell-free DNA from plasma
offer diagnostic information that is otherwise accessible conventionally through invasive …

Liquid biopsies: genotyping circulating tumor DNA

LA Diaz Jr, A Bardelli - Journal of clinical oncology, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Genotyping tumor tissue in search of somatic genetic alterations for actionable information
has become routine practice in clinical oncology. Although these sequence alterations are …

Plasma DNA end-motif profiling as a fragmentomic marker in cancer, pregnancy, and transplantation

P Jiang, K Sun, W Peng, SH Cheng, M Ni, PC Yeung… - Cancer Discovery, 2020 - AACR
Plasma DNA fragmentomics is an emerging area of research covering plasma DNA sizes,
end points, and nucleosome footprints. In the present study, we found a significant increase …

The nexus of cfDNA and nuclease biology

DSC Han, YMD Lo - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a widely used noninvasive biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis
of multiple disease states. Emerging evidence suggests that cfDNA might not just be passive …

The diverse origins of circulating cell‐free DNA in the human body: a critical re‐evaluation of the literature

J Aucamp, AJ Bronkhorst, CPS Badenhorst… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the detection of cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) in human plasma in 1948, it has been
investigated as a non‐invasive screening tool for many diseases, especially solid tumours …

Salivary biomarkers for oral squamous cell carcinoma diagnosis and follow-up: current status and perspectives

M Cristaldi, R Mauceri, O Di Fede, G Giuliana… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Oral cancer is the sixth most common cancer type in the world, and 90% of it is represented
by oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Despite progress in preventive and therapeutic …

The long and short of circulating cell-free DNA and the ins and outs of molecular diagnostics

P Jiang, YMD Lo - Trends in Genetics, 2016 - cell.com
The discovery of cell-free tumor and fetal DNA molecules in the plasma of cancer patients
and pregnant women, respectively, has opened up exciting opportunities in molecular …

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 …

Maternal plasma DNA sequencing reveals the genome-wide genetic and mutational profile of the fetus

YMD Lo, KCA Chan, H Sun, EZ Chen, P Jiang… - Science translational …, 2010 - science.org
Cell-free fetal DNA is present in the plasma of pregnant women. It consists of short DNA
fragments among primarily maternally derived DNA fragments. We sequenced a maternal …

Sterile inflammation and pregnancy complications: a review

M Nadeau-Vallée, D Obari, J Palacios… - …, 2016 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Inflammation is essential for successful embryo implantation, pregnancy maintenance and
delivery. In the last decade, important advances have been made in regard to endogenous …