High-Throughput and Sensitive Quantification of Circulating Tumor DNA by Microfluidic-Based Multiplex PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has potential to serve as a biomarker for noninvasive monitoring of treatment response and disease progression. However, broad clinical applicability of ctDNA has been limited by the low sensitivity, throughput and patient coverage offered by existing ctDNA detection methods. Here we report the adaptation and characterization of the MMP-Seq technology for high-throughput and sensitive quantitation of ctDNA. A multiplex PCR preamplification (PreAmp) step was developed and incorporated into the MMP-seq workflow to enable low input ctDNA analysis with enhanced sensitivity.

Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - September 1, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Yinghui Guan, Oleg Mayba, Thomas Sandmann, Shan Lu, Younjeong Choi, Walter C. Darbonne, Vincent Leveque, Lisa Ryner, Eric Humke, Nga Wan Rachel Tam, Sundari Sujathasarma, Anna Cheung, Richard Bourgon, Mark R. Lackner, Yulei Wang Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research