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. 2021 May 4;11:9460. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88866-5

Table 2.

Percentage increase/decrease in total cfDNA levels over each incubation period vs the percentage increase/decrease in the total number of live cells over the corresponding periods.

Human bone osteosarcoma (143B) cells
Time-segment Change in total live cells (%) Change in total cfDNA (%)
Count and viability assay qPCR Pearson's r p-value Qubit Pearson's r p-value
4 to 8 h 33.18 85.52 0.11 0.84 76.70 0.2509 0.63
8 to 12 h −0.65 37.79 37.85
12 to 16 h −23.01 −5.28 −9.28
16 to 20 h 51.09 15.41 20.76
20 to 24 h 43.61 19.51 24.61
24 to 28 h 57.89 4.16 11.75
Primary dermal fibroblasts (PCS201010)
Time-segment Change in total live cells (%) Change in total cfDNA (%)
Count and viability assay qPCR Pearson's r p-value Qubit Pearson's r p-value
4 to 8 h 7.08 87.36 −0.31 0.55 19.26 0.51 0.30
8 to 12 h −15.57 −2.24 −8.57
12 to 24 h 79.11 36.97 31.24
24 to 36 h 58.49 −9.96 −3.85
36 to 56 h 76.02 7.67 18.20
56 to 80 h 82.80 −8.82 11.68
Human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1)
Time-segment Change in total live cells (%) Change in total cfDNA (%)
Count and viability assay qPCR Pearson's r p-value Qubit Pearson's r p-value
4 to 8 h −14.02 48.74 0.08 0.88 29.66 0.13 0.80
8 to 12 h −2.23 4.98 12.04
12 to 24 h 14.20 90.66 77.59
24 to 36 h 24.61 39.23 39.86
36 to 56 h 65.80 28.36 24.61
56 to 80 h 44.76 72.24 57.28