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ReviewJournal of the Endocrine Society2025

Circulating Cell-Free DNA in Metabolic Diseases.

Alessio Pollastri, Peter Kovacs, Maria Keller

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Review in Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2025. 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

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alessio PollastriMedical Department III-Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig 04103, Germany.
Peter KovacsMedical Department III-Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0290-5423
Maria KellerMedical Department III-Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-8530

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic diseases affect a consistent part of the human population, leading to rising mortality rates. This raises the need for diagnostic tools to monitor the progress of these diseases. Lately, circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has emerged as a promising biomarker for various metabolic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease. CfDNA is released from apoptotic and necrotic cells into the bloodstream and other body fluids, and it retains various molecular signatures of its tissue of origin. Thus, cfDNA load and composition can reflect tissue pathologies and systemic metabolic dysfunctions. In addition to its potential as a diagnostic biomarker, interest in cfDNA derives from its recently discovered role in adipose tissue inflammation in obesity. This review discusses detection methods and clinical significance of cfDNA in metabolic diseases.

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cell-free DNAdiabetesepigeneticsMAFLDobesity

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PMID39850787
PMCPMC11756337

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