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. 2021 Mar 3;11:5098. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84513-1

Figure 4.

Figure 4

ddPCR results are consistent across institutions, irrespective of specimen preparation location. To determine the effects of location of sample DNA extraction and specimen shipment on ddPCR analysis results, DNA was extracted from (A) H3K27M mutant DMG CSF (DMG-1-C), and (B) DMG cells (SF 7761) at NU. ctDNA was pre-amplified using Assay C primers (NU), then analyzed on BioRad (NU) and RainDance (CN) platforms, with results compared to those from ctDNA extracted at CN. As with CN-prepared specimens, NU-prepared specimens yielded greater relative positive droplet counts in cell-derived ctDNA compared to CSF, and on RainDance compared to BioRad, with consistent droplet counts and MAFs between assays within a given platform. % values = Mutation Allelic Frequency (MAF).