Pre-analytical delay as a dominant confounder in blood RNA-seq: Rapid ex vivo gene expression changes in EDTA blood
Kalle Günther, Ioanna Andreou, Daniel Kim, Jonathan M. Shaffer, Markus Sprenger‐Haussels
The paper investigates how pre-analytical delay affects gene expression in EDTA blood compared to stabilized PAXgene blood using RNA-seq.
bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology