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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Evaluating Pre-Analytical Variables for Saliva Cell-Free DNA Liquid Biopsy.

Blake Salfer, Daisy Havo, Skyllar Kuppinger, David T W Wong, Feng Li, Liying Zhang

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Blake SalferDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-2326-4601
Daisy HavoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Skyllar KuppingerDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
David T W WongSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Feng LiSchool of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5819-734X
Liying ZhangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA SPORE in Brain CancerP50CA211015 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Yvonne Yu-Hsuan Chen · 2017 to 2026
$25.2M
Ultra-short circulating tumor DNA (uctDNA) for liquid biopsy of non-small cell lung cancerR21CA239052 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LI, FENG, WONG, DAVID T · 2019 to 2020
$373k
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA211015NCI NIH HHS R21 CA239052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid biopsy utilizing cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has become an emergent field of study for cancer screening and monitoring. While blood-based liquid biopsy has been investigated extensively, there are advantages to using other body fluids. Using saliva is noninvasive, repeatable, and it may be enriched with cfDNA from certain cancer types. However, the lack of standardization in the pre-analytical phase of saliva-based testing is a concern. In this study, we evaluated pre-analytical variables that impact cfDNA stability in saliva specimens. Using saliva from healthy individuals, we tested different collection devices and preservatives and their effects on saliva cfDNA recovery and stability. Novosanis's UAS preservative helped stabilize cfDNA at room temperature for up to one week. Our study provides useful information for further improvements in saliva collection devices and preservatives.

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biomarkersbody fluidscell-free nucleic acidscirculating tumor DNAneoplasmspre-analytical phase

Identifiers

PMID37238150
PMCPMC10217087
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