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. 2024 May 15;22(3):177–190. doi: 10.18502/ijrm.v22i3.16161

Table 1.

Summary of studies evaluating the amplification and analysis outcomes of cell-free DNA in the SCM


Author, yr (Ref) Number of samples Amplification rate Concordance rate Discordance rate Culture volume (µL) Culture medium (single/2-stage) Fertilization method Manipulation of embryo Culture time Amplification method WGA method
Kuznyetsov et al. , 2020 (29) 47 100 (47/47) 97.8 (45/47) 2.2 (2/47) 25 2 steps ICSI Cryopreservation on D4 D4/D5/D6 SurePlex (Illumina) NGS
Chen et al. , 2022 (53) 26 100 (26/26) 80.8 (21/26) 19.2 (5/26) 10 2 steps ICSI Cryopreservation D5/D6/D7 MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Gombos et al. , 2021 (35) 753 95–96    - - 20–40 2 steps ICSI Assisted hatching on D3 D3 MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Huang et al. , 2022 (51) 166 62.7 (104/166) 59.6 (62/104) 40.4 (42/104) 30 2 steps IVF and ICSI Cryopreservation D3 D5/D6/D7 NICSInst Genomics (Yikon) NGS
Shitara et al. , 2021 (31) 20 95 (19/20) 56.3 (9/16) 43.7 (7/16)    - 2 steps IVF Cryopreservation on D5/D6 D5/D6 SurePlex (Illumina) NGS
Brouillet et al. , 2020 (54) 3738 98 (3662/3738) 87.2 12.8 30    - ICSI Cryopreservation on D3 D3-D5/D6 SurePlex (BlueGnome) NGS
Yeung et al. , 2019 (52) 168 100 (26/26) 87.8 (21/26) 19.2 (5/26) 10 2 steps ICSI Assisted hatching on D3 D3-D5/D6 SurePlex (Illumina) NGS
Tsai et al. , 2022 (55) 40 100 (40/40) 67.7 (21/31) 32.3 (10/31) 30 Single step IVF/ICSI Cryopreservation D3-D5/D6 MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Alteri et al. , 2023 (28) 57 96.5 (55/57) 33.3 (2/6)    - 15 2 steps ICSI Assisted hatching on D3 D3-D5/D6 Repli-G single-cell kit (Qiagen) aCGH
Xu et al. , 2016 (56) 42 100 (42/42) 85.7 (36/42) 14.3 (6/42) 30 2 steps ICSI Cryopreservation on D3 D3-D5 MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Jiao et al. , 2019 (30) 62 100 (62/62) 76.19 (16/21)    - 12    - ICSI Freeze-thaw. Laser collapse D5/D6 MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Feichtinger et al. , 2017 (57) 22 81.8 (55/57) 72.2 (13/18) 27.8 (5/18) 25 Single step ICSI Cryopreservation on D3 D1-D5/D6 SurePlex (Illumina) aCGH
Vera-Rodriguez et al. , 2017 (58) 56 91.1 (51/56) 33.3 (17/51)    - 20 2 steps ICSI Assisted hatching on D3 D3-D5 SurePlex + ReproSeq (Illumina) NGS
Rubio et al. , 2020 (44) 1301 97.5 (79/80) 78.2 (866/1108) 137 false positive, 92 false negative 10 A single step or 2 steps IVF/ICSI Cryopreservation + cryopreservation on D3 D6/D7    - NGS
Liu et al. , 2020 (59) 88 90.9 (80/88) 64.52 35.48 30 Single step ICSI Cryopreservation D1-D5 MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Ho et al. , 2018 (60) 41 92.5 (37/40) 65 (26/40) 8 false positive, 3 false negative 25 Single step ICSI Cryopreservation + assisted hatching on D3 D3-D5 PicoPlex (Rubicon) NGS
Rubio et al. , 2019 (47) 115 93.9 (108/115) Overall: 7/78 (108/85) D5: 63 (27/17) D6/7: 84 (81/68) 8 false positive, 1 false negative 10 Single step IVF    - D4-D5/D6/D7 ReproSeq (Life Technologies) NGS
Xu et al. , 2016 (50) 170 97    - - 20–25 2 steps ICSI Cryopreservation D3-D5/D6 MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Yin et al. , 2021 (48) 75 80 (60/75) 89.83 (53/59) 10.17 (6/59) 25 2 steps IVF Cryopreservation D5 ChromInst (Yikon) NGS
Lledo et al. , 2018 (37) 92 92.4 (85/92) 74.6 (62/83) 25.4 (21/83) 20 2 steps IVF Assisted hatching on D3 D5-D6 SurePlex NGS
Huang et al. , 2022 (51) 52 92.3 (48/52) 93.8 (45/48) 6.2 (3/48) 25 Single step ICSI Assisted hatching on D3 D4-D5/D6/D7 Modified MALBAC (Yikon) NGS
Cinnioglu et al. , 2023 (61) 50 88 (44/50) 78.9 (30/38) 21 (8/38) 30    - -    - D5-D6 Thermofisher NGS
SCM: Spent culture medium, WGA: Whole-genome amplification, ICSI: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, D: Days, NGS: Next-generation sequence, IVF: In vitro fertilization, aCGH: Array comparative genomic hybridization, MALBAC: Multiple annealing and looping-based amplification cycle, NICSInst: Noninvasive chromosome screening inst library preparation kit