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ArticleScientific reports2018

Direct DNA and RNA detection from large volumes of whole human blood.

Dongyang Cai, Ole Behrmann, Frank Hufert, Gregory Dame, Gerald Urban

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dongyang CaiDepartment of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, DE-79110, Germany.
Ole BehrmannDepartment of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, DE-79110, Germany.
Frank HufertDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, Brandenburg Medical School Fontane, Senftenberg, DE-01968, Germany.
Gregory DameDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, Brandenburg Medical School Fontane, Senftenberg, DE-01968, Germany. gregory.dame@mhb-fontane.de.
Gerald UrbanDepartment of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, DE-79110, Germany. gerald.urban@imtek.uni-freiburg.de.
University of Freiburg · DEMedizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PCR inhibitors in clinical specimens negatively affect the sensitivity of diagnostic PCR and RT-PCR or may even cause false-negative results. To overcome PCR inhibition, increase the sensitivity of the assays and simplify the detection protocols, simple methods based on quantitative nested real-time PCR and RT-PCR were developed to detect exogenous DNA and RNA directly from large volumes of whole human blood (WHB). Thermus thermophilus (Tth) polymerase is resistant to several common PCR inhibitors and exhibits reverse transcriptase activity in the presence of manganese ions. In combination with optimized concentrations of magnesium ions and manganese ions, Tth polymerase enabled efficient detection of DNA and RNA from large volumes of WHB treated with various anticoagulants. The applicability of these methods was further demonstrated by examining WHB specimens collected from different healthy individuals and those stored under a variety of conditions. The detection limit of these methods was determined by detecting exogenous DNA, RNA, and bacteria spiked in WHB. To the best of our knowledge, direct RNA detection from large volumes of WHB has not been reported. The results of the developed methods can be obtained within 4 hours, making them possible for rapid and accurate detection of disease-causing agents from WHB.

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Diagnostic Tests, RoutineDNAHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNASensitivity and SpecificityThermus thermophilusDNARNA

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PMID29467420
PMCPMC5821888
OpenAlexW2806400042

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