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Comprehensive human cell-type methylation atlas reveals origins of circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease

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  • Joshua Moss

    (The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

  • Judith Magenheim

    (The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School)

  • Daniel Neiman

    (The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School)

  • Hai Zemmour

    (The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School)

  • Netanel Loyfer

    (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

  • Amit Korach

    (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center)

  • Yaacov Samet

    (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center)

  • Myriam Maoz

    (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center)

  • Henrik Druid

    (Karolinska Institutet
    The National Board of Forensic Medicine)

  • Peter Arner

    (Karolinska Institutet)

  • Keng-Yeh Fu

    (Karolinska Institutet)

  • Endre Kiss

    (Karolinska Institutet)

  • Kirsty L. Spalding

    (Karolinska Institutet
    Karolinska Institutet)

  • Giora Landesberg

    (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center)

  • Aviad Zick

    (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center)

  • Albert Grinshpun

    (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center)

  • A. M. James Shapiro

    (University of Alberta)

  • Markus Grompe

    (Oregon Health & Science University)

  • Avigail Dreazan Wittenberg

    (The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School)

  • Benjamin Glaser

    (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center)

  • Ruth Shemer

    (The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School)

  • Tommy Kaplan

    (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

  • Yuval Dor

    (The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School)

Abstract

Methylation patterns of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) contain rich information about recent cell death events in the body. Here, we present an approach for unbiased determination of the tissue origins of cfDNA, using a reference methylation atlas of 25 human tissues and cell types. The method is validated using in silico simulations as well as in vitro mixes of DNA from different tissue sources at known proportions. We show that plasma cfDNA of healthy donors originates from white blood cells (55%), erythrocyte progenitors (30%), vascular endothelial cells (10%) and hepatocytes (1%). Deconvolution of cfDNA from patients reveals tissue contributions that agree with clinical findings in sepsis, islet transplantation, cancer of the colon, lung, breast and prostate, and cancer of unknown primary. We propose a procedure which can be easily adapted to study the cellular contributors to cfDNA in many settings, opening a broad window into healthy and pathologic human tissue dynamics.

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  • Joshua Moss & Judith Magenheim & Daniel Neiman & Hai Zemmour & Netanel Loyfer & Amit Korach & Yaacov Samet & Myriam Maoz & Henrik Druid & Peter Arner & Keng-Yeh Fu & Endre Kiss & Kirsty L. Spalding & , 2018. "Comprehensive human cell-type methylation atlas reveals origins of circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-07466-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07466-6
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