Search Results - "Chan, Rebecca W. Y"
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Plasma DNA tissue mapping by genome-wide methylation sequencing for noninvasive prenatal, cancer, and transplantation assessments
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (06-10-2015)“…Plasma consists of DNA released from multiple tissues within the body. Using genome-wide bisulfite sequencing of plasma DNA and deconvolution of the sequencing…”
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High-resolution analysis for urinary DNA jagged ends
Published in Npj genomic medicine (23-02-2022)“…Single-stranded ends of double-stranded DNA (jagged ends) are more abundant in urinary DNA than in plasma DNA. However, the lengths of jagged ends in urinary…”
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Plasma DNA aberrations in systemic lupus erythematosus revealed by genomic and methylomic sequencing
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-12-2014)“…We performed a high-resolution analysis of the biological characteristics of plasma DNA in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients using massively parallel…”
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Detection and characterization of jagged ends of double-stranded DNA in plasma
Published in Genome research (01-08-2020)“…Cell-free DNA in plasma has been used for noninvasive prenatal testing and cancer liquid biopsy. The physical properties of cell-free DNA fragments in plasma,…”
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DNA of Erythroid Origin Is Present in Human Plasma and Informs the Types of Anemia
Published in Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.) (01-10-2017)“…There is much interest in the tissue of origin of circulating DNA in plasma. Data generated using DNA methylation markers have suggested that hematopoietic…”
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Genomic origin, fragmentomics, and transcriptional properties of long cell-free DNA molecules in human plasma
Published in Genome research (01-02-2024)“…Recent studies have revealed an unexplored population of long cell-free DNA (cfDNA) molecules in human plasma using long-read sequencing technologies. However,…”
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Aberrant Concentrations of Liver-Derived Plasma Albumin mRNA in Liver Pathologies
Published in Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.) (01-01-2010)“…We hypothesized that liver-derived mRNA, such as ALB (albumin) mRNA, would be released into human plasma with liver cell death. We genotyped ALB mRNA molecules…”
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Matrix metalloproteinase 9 mRNA: An early prognostic marker for patients with acute stroke
Published in Clinical biochemistry (01-03-2012)“…To investigate matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) mRNA as a prognostic marker in stroke. MMP9 mRNA concentrations in 126 stroke patients were analyzed using…”
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Dnase1l3 deletion causes aberrations in length and end-motif frequencies in plasma DNA
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-01-2019)“…Circulating DNA in plasma consists of short DNA fragments. The biological processes generating such fragments are not well understood. DNASE1L3 is a secreted…”
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The Biology of Cell-free DNA Fragmentation and the Roles of DNASE1, DNASE1L3, and DFFB
Published in American journal of human genetics (06-02-2020)“…Cell-free DNA (cf.DNA) is a powerful noninvasive biomarker for cancer and prenatal testing, and it circulates in plasma as short fragments. To elucidate the…”
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Epigenetic analysis of cell-free DNA by fragmentomic profiling
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-11-2022)“…Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentation patterns contain important molecular information linked to tissues of origin. We explored the possibility of using…”
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Presence of Donor-Derived DNA and Cells in the Urine of Sex-Mismatched Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Implication for the Transrenal Hypothesis
Published in Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.) (01-04-2009)“…The term "transrenal DNA" was coined in 2000 to signify that DNA in urine may come from the passage of plasma DNA through the kidney barrier. Although DNA in…”
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Plasma DNA Profile Associated with DNASE1L3 Gene Mutations: Clinical Observations, Relationships to Nuclease Substrate Preference, and In Vivo Correction
Published in American journal of human genetics (05-11-2020)“…Plasma DNA fragmentomics is an emerging area in cell-free DNA diagnostics and research. In murine models, it has been shown that the extracellular DNase,…”
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Circulating leukocyte TBET and GATA3 mRNA in patients with acute coronary syndrome
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Fragmentation landscape of cell-free DNA revealed by deconvolutional analysis of end motifs
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-04-2023)“…Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentation is nonrandom, at least partially mediated by various DNA nucleases, forming characteristic cfDNA end motifs. However, there…”
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Jagged Ends on Multinucleosomal Cell-Free DNA Serve as a Biomarker for Nuclease Activity and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Published in Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.) (03-07-2022)“…Abstract Background Jagged ends of plasma DNA are a recently recognized class of fragmentomic markers for cell-free DNA, reflecting the activity of nucleases…”
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Histone modifications of circulating nucleosomes are associated with changes in cell-free DNA fragmentation patterns
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-10-2024)“…The analysis of tissues of origin of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is of research and diagnostic interest. Many studies focused on bisulfite treatment or…”
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Nuclease deficiencies alter plasma cell-free DNA methylation profiles
Published in Genome research (01-11-2021)“…The effects of DNASE1L3 or DNASE1 deficiency on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) methylation were explored in plasma of mice deficient in these nucleases and in…”
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Fragment Ends of Circulating Microbial DNA as Signatures for Pathogen Detection in Sepsis
Published in Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.) (01-02-2023)“…Nuclear-derived cell-free DNA (cfDNA) molecules in blood plasma are nonrandomly fragmented, bearing a wealth of information related to tissues of origin…”
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Fragmentomics of urinary cell-free DNA in nuclease knockout mouse models
Published in PLoS genetics (06-07-2022)“…Urinary cell-free DNA (ucfDNA) is a potential biomarker for bladder cancer detection. However, the biological characteristics of ucfDNA are not well…”
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