Identification of fetal unmodified and 5-hydroxymethylated CGs in maternal cell-free DNA for non-invasive prenatal testing
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ABSTRACT: Massively parallel sequencing of maternal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is widely used to test fetal genetic abnormalities in non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). However, sequencing-based approaches are still of high cost. Building upon previous knowledge that placenta, the main source of fetal circulating DNA, is hypomethylated in comparison to maternal tissue counterparts of cfDNA, we propose that targeting either unmodified or 5-hydroxymethylated CG sites specifically enriches fetal genetic material and reduces numbers of required analytical sequencing reads thereby decreasing cost of a test.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE148964 | GEO | 2020/10/20
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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