Plasma-free samples for transcriptomic analysis: a potential alternative to whole blood samples
Qingwang Chen, Xiaorou Guo, Haiyan Wang, Shanyue Sun, He Jiang, Peipei Zhang, Erfei Shang, Ruolan Zhang, Zehui Cao, Quanne Niu, Chao Zhang, Yaqing Liu, Yuanting Zheng, Ying Yu, Wanwan Hou, Leming M. Shi
This study compares transcriptomic profiles of whole blood, plasma-free blood, and serum-free blood samples, finding that plasma-free blood is more similar to whole blood in gene expression and immune characterization.
bioRxiv · Apr 27, 2023 · PreprintBioinformatics