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ReviewExtracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids2022

Emerging frontiers of cell-free DNA fragmentomics.

Xi Hu, Spencer C Ding, Peiyong Jiang

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Review in Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Adapting Clinical Chemistry Plasma as a Source for Liquid Biopsies.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xi HuCentre for Novostics, Hong Kong Science Park, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Spencer C DingCentre for Novostics, Hong Kong Science Park, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Peiyong JiangCentre for Novostics, Hong Kong Science Park, Pak Shek Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Analysis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the blood has shown promise for monitoring a variety of biological processes. Plasma cfDNA is a mixture comprising DNA molecules released from various bodily tissues, mediated by characteristic DNA fragmentations occurring during cell death. Fragmentation of cfDNA is non-random and contains tissue-of-origin information, which has been demonstrated in circulating fetal, tumoral, and transplanted organ-derived cfDNA molecules. Many studies have elucidated a plurality of fragmentomic markers for noninvasive prenatal, cancer, and organ transplantation assessment, such as fragment sizes, fragment ends, end motifs, and nucleosome footprints. Recently, researchers have further revealed the large population of previously unidentified long cfDNA molecules (kilobases in size) in the plasma DNA pool. This review focuses on the emerging biological properties of cfDNA, together with a discussion on its potential clinical implications.

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fragmentomicsoncologyPlasma DNApregnancytransplantationurinary DNAvirology

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PMID39697357
PMCPMC11648524

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