Cell-free DNA/RNA was isolated in duplicates from 1 ml EDTA plasma using the QIAamp ccfDNA/RNA Kit or the QIAamp Circulating Nucleic Acid Kit. Eluate corresponding to 11% of the recovered nucleic acid was used in duplicate 25 µl qPCR reactions to assess DNA recovery. To assess RNA recovery, 17% of each eluate was applied in a total volume of 20 µl for duplicate cDNA synthesis reactions with integrated DNA removal, and 2 µl cDNA were used in a 25 µl qPCR reaction on the Rotor-Gene Q.
Cell-free DNA/RNA was isolated in duplicates from 1 ml EDTA plasma using the QIAamp ccfDNA/RNA Kit or kits from other suppliers. Eluate corresponding to 11% of the recovered nucleic acid was used in duplicate 25 µl qPCR reactions to assess DNA recovery. To assess RNA recovery, 17% of each eluate was applied in a total volume of 20 µl for duplicate cDNA synthesis reactions with integrated DNA removal, and 2 µl cDNA were used in a 25 µl qPCR reaction on the Rotor-Gene Q. For miRNA, 22% of each eluate was used for miScript HiFlex cDNA synthesis, diluted 1:10 and 2 µl of the diluted cDNA was used for qPCR on the Rotor-Gene Q.
Cell-free DNA/RNA was isolated in duplicates from 1 ml EDTA plasma using the QIAamp ccfDNA/RNA Kit or kits from other suppliers. To assess mRNA integrity, 17% of each eluate was applied in a total volume of 20 µl for duplicate cDNA synthesis reactions with integrated DNA removal, using either oligo-dT priming or a mix of random and oligo-dT primers. cDNA (2 µl) was used in duplicate 25 µl qPCR reaction on the Rotor-Gene Q, using an assay targeting EEF2 with the amplicon located 3 kb away from the poly-A tail of the mRNA. Lower C T between the two cDNA priming strategies indicates higher RNA integrity.
Cell-free DNA/RNA was isolated in duplicates from 1ml or 4 ml EDTA plasma using the QIAamp ccfDNA/RNA Kit. Eluate corresponding to 11% of the recovered nucleic acid was used in duplicate 25 µl qPCR reactions to assess DNA recovery. To assess RNA recovery, 17% of each eluate was applied in a total volume of 20 µl for duplicate cDNA synthesis reactions with integrated DNA removal, and 2 µl cDNA were used in a 25 µl qPCR reaction on the Rotor-Gene Q. For miRNA, 22% of each eluate was used for miScript HiFlex cDNA synthesis, diluted 1:10 and 2 µl of the diluted cDNA synthesis was used for qPCR on the Rotor-Gene Q.