Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Real-time relative qPCR without reference to control samples and estimation of run-specific PCR parameters from run-internal mini-standard curves.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Real-Time quantitative PCR is an important tool in research and clinical settings. Here, we describe two new approaches that broaden the scope of real-time quantitative PCR; namely, run-internal mini standard curves (RIMS) and direct real-time relative quantitative PCR (drqPCR). RIMS are an efficient alternative to traditional standard curves and provide both run-specific and target-specific estimates of PCR parameters. The drqPCR enables direct estimation of target ratios without reference to conventional control samples.

Methodology/principal findings

In this study, we compared RIMS-based drqPCR with classical quantifications based on external standard curves and the "comparative Ct method". Specifically, we used a raw real-time PCR dataset as the basis for more than two-and-a-half million simulated quantifications with various user-defined conditions. Compared with classical approaches, we found that RIMS-based drqPCR provided superior precision and comparable accuracy.

Conclusions/significance

The obviation of referencing to control samples is attractive whenever unpaired samples are quantified. This may be in clinical and research settings; for instance, studies on chimerism, TREC quantifications, copy number variations etc. Also, lab-to-lab comparability can be greatly simplified.

SUBMITTER: Bernth Jensen JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2908630 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Real-time relative qPCR without reference to control samples and estimation of run-specific PCR parameters from run-internal mini-standard curves.

Bernth Jensen Jens Magnus JM   Petersen Mikkel Steen MS   Stegger Marc M   Østergaard Lars J LJ   Møller Bjarne K BK  

PloS one 20100722 7


<h4>Background</h4>Real-Time quantitative PCR is an important tool in research and clinical settings. Here, we describe two new approaches that broaden the scope of real-time quantitative PCR; namely, run-internal mini standard curves (RIMS) and direct real-time relative quantitative PCR (drqPCR). RIMS are an efficient alternative to traditional standard curves and provide both run-specific and target-specific estimates of PCR parameters. The drqPCR enables direct estimation of target ratios wit  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC10969850 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3832397 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6194029 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3058000 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5149058 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2778669 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3111629 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3944970 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7513150 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2914640 | biostudies-literature