Abstract
Cell-free DNA can be evaluated for the epigenetic component. Epigenetic alterations consist of changes in gene functions that do not involve changes in DNA sequence. The mainly studied epigenetic alteration is DNA methylation occurring at CpG islands in the promoter regions for which several literature data showed clinical relevance. This chapter is an overview of the epigenetic alterations detected in cell-free DNA.
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Gurioli, G. (2019). Epigenetic Characterization of Cell-Free DNA. In: Casadio, V., Salvi, S. (eds) Cell-free DNA as Diagnostic Markers. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1909. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8973-7_10
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