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ArticlePrenatal diagnosis2021

Enrichment of circulating trophoblasts from maternal blood using laminar microscale vortices.

Ann-Sophie Vander Plaetsen, Jana Weymaere, Olivier Tytgat, Magaly Buyle, Dieter Deforce, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh

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Article in Prenatal diagnosis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Ann-Sophie Vander PlaetsenLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3362-7809
Jana WeymaereLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8213-1973
Olivier TytgatLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1788-5963
Magaly BuyleDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium.
Dieter DeforceLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0635-661X
Filip Van NieuwerburghLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-5485

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Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds BOF17/DOC/265Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds BOF18/DOC/200
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Abstract

objectiveEnrichment of circulating trophoblasts (CTs) from maternal blood at week 11-13 of gestation, using laminar microscale vortices, and evaluation of the performance of the VTX-1 Liquid Biopsy System in terms of CT recovery and purity.

methodEight mililiter of blood was collected from 15 pregnant women and processed with the VTX-1 Liquid Biopsy System. Y-chromosome specific quantitative PCR was performed to estimate the number of enriched male CTs. To evaluate the VTX-1 performance, the target cell recovery was characterized by spiking experiments with a trophoblast cell line. Furthermore, the total quantity of DNA after enrichment was used to calculate the number of retained maternal cells.

resultsSuccessful recovery of male CTs was established in 7 out of 10 first trimester samples from pregnant women carrying a male fetus. The number of CTs, recovered from 8 ml of blood, was estimated between two and six. Spiking experiments resulted in a CT recovery of ±35 % with ±1524 retained maternal blood cells.

conclusionCTs can be enriched from maternal blood with high purity, using laminar microscale vortices, starting from 8 ml of blood.

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AdultBlood Cell CountFemaleFetusGestational AgeHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionPregnancyPrenatal DiagnosisTrophoblastsCell-free DNA < fetal cells, nucleic acids & proteinsnoninvasive prenatal testing < fetal cells, nucleic acids & proteinsprenatal diagnosis, fetal cells < fetal cells, nucleic acids & proteinssize-based enrichmentY-chromosome qPCRY-chromosome STR analysis

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PMID33434320
PMCPMC8451878

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