Yaping Liu, Sarah C Reed, Christopher Lo, Atish D Choudhury, Heather A Parsons, Daniel G Stover, Gavin Ha, Gregory Gydush, Justin Rhoades, Denisse Rotem, Samuel Freeman, David W Katz, Ravi Bandaru, Haizi Zheng, Hailu Fu, Viktor A Adalsteinsson, Manolis Kellis
Analysis of DNA methylation in cell-free DNA reveals clinically relevant biomarkers but requires specialized protocols such as whole-genome bisulfite sequencing. Meanwhile, millions of cell-free DNA samples are being profiled by whole-genome sequencing. Here, we develop FinaleMe, a non-homogeneous Hidden Markov Model, to predict DNA methylation of cell-free DNA and, therefore, tissues-of-origin, directly from plasma whole-genome sequencing. We validate the performance with 80 pairs of deep and shallow-coverage whole-genome sequencing and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing data...
March 30, 2024: Nature Communications