2. Human plasma cell-free DNA
provides epigenetic information
Snyder and Kricher et al. (2016) Cell
3. TGIRT-seq is a Streamlined Library Prep
for ssDNA-seq
Snyder and Kricher et al. (2016) Cell
Wu and Lambowitz (In preparation)
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TGIRT-seq identifies tissue-specific nucleosome
positionings in healthy donor
5. Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils: 58%
Lymphocytes: 16%
Lungs: 8.6%
Adipose tissues: 6.3%
Adrenal glands: 5.6%
Liver: 2.6%
Heart: 1.4%
Brain: 1.2%
Pancreas: 0.25%
Small intestines: 1.8e−16%
Colon: 3.1e−17%
Esophagus: −2.6e−15%
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TGIRT-seq on bisulfite-treated cfDNA identifies
tissue-specific 5mC in healthy donor
Wu and Lambowitz (In preparation)
6. Conclusion
•GSAF is great 💯
•TGIRTs enable efficient ssDNA-seq for analysis of
cfDNA in human plasma and other bodily fluids
•Identification of protein binding features of cfDNA
provides information about the tissue-of-origin and has
potential diagnostic applications
•TGIRT DNA-seq should also be applicable to other
damaged DNA samples:
• Ancient DNA
• FFPE DNA
• ChIP-seq
•DNA/RNA co-sequencing: metagenomics?
7. Lambowitz Lab
Sabine Mohr, Ph.D
(Yidan Qin, Ph.D.)
Ryan Nottingham, Ph.D.
Jun Yao, Ph.D.
and other lab members.
GSAF
Michael Wilson, Ph. D
Jessica Podnar
Gabriella Huerta
and others.
Disclosure: Thermostable group II intron RTs and methods for their use are subject to issued patents and patent
applications that are licensed by the University of Texas at Austin to InGex, LLC, which sell TGIRT enzymes and kits and
sublicenses to others for commercial development. A.M.L., some lab members, and UT Austin are minority equity
holders in InGex, LLC, and receive royalty payments from commercial use of the technologies.
RCTF
Anna Battenhouse
Eric J Rostetter
and others.
Support
NIH GM37949 and GM37951
Welch Foundation