Comparative Analysis of Ficoll-Hypaque and CytoLyt® Techniques for Blood Removal in Breast Cancer Malignant Effusions: Effects on RNA Quality and Sequencing Outcomes
Sura G, Tran K, Trevarton A, Marczyk M, Fu C, Du L, Qu J, Lau R, Tasto A, Gould R, Tinnirello A, Sinn B, Pusztai L, Hatzis C, Symmans W. Comparative Analysis of Ficoll-Hypaque and CytoLyt® Techniques for Blood Removal in Breast Cancer Malignant Effusions: Effects on RNA Quality and Sequencing Outcomes. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2024.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRNA integrity numberRNA qualityRNA-seqMeasurement of gene expressionRNA-seq analysisMetastatic breast cancerFicoll-Hypaque methodDensity gradient enrichmentSequence dataRead-basedVariant detectionMalignant effusionsCytospin slidesFresh frozen samplesRNA fragmentsTranscript abundanceSequencing outcomesSequencing methodsBreast cancerRNA sequencingFicoll-HypaqueUMI-basedGene expressionRNAMalignant effusion specimens