{"title":"Red Blood Cell-Bound Cell-Free DNA Is an Insensitive Marker for Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections.","authors":"Kanagavel Murugesan,Gavin R Anderson,Niaz Banaei","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143903048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autoverified Chocolate-Colored Plasma Samples.","authors":"Janet R Zhou, Albert K Y Tsui","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"71 5","pages":"612-613"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143975996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Prospective and External Validation of an Ensemble Learning Approach to Sensitively Detect Intravenous Fluid Contamination in Basic Metabolic Panels.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvae216","DOIUrl":"10.1093/clinchem/hvae216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"614"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142845828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aasne K Aarsand,Abdurrahman Coşkun,Sverre Sandberg
{"title":"Utilizing the Stability of Individual Homeostatic Setpoints over Time - A Step Forward on the Path to Personalized Laboratory Medicine.","authors":"Aasne K Aarsand,Abdurrahman Coşkun,Sverre Sandberg","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143889278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Professional Skeptic.","authors":"Patrick M Bossuyt","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143962757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa K Peterson,Vijayalakshmi Nandakumar,John F Valentine,Julio C Delgado,Abdulrahman M Saadalla
{"title":"The Utility of the Immunoglobulin A Flag Used in Celiac Disease Serology Testing on a Particle-Based Multianalyte Technology Platform.","authors":"Lisa K Peterson,Vijayalakshmi Nandakumar,John F Valentine,Julio C Delgado,Abdulrahman M Saadalla","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143876420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Need for Better Validation: Evaluating Aptamer and Proximity Extension Assays for Large-Scale Clinical Proteomics Studies.","authors":"Andrew N Hoofnagle,Michael J MacCoss","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143872001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Comprehensive Assessment of Metagenomic cfDNA Sequencing for Microbe Detection.","authors":"Zhenli Diao,Zihong Zhao,Yanxi Han,Yuqing Chen,Tao Huang,Lei Feng,Yu Ma,Jinming Li,Rui Zhang","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf044","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDMetagenomic cell-free DNA (cfDNA) sequencing provides a new avenue for diagnosing infectious diseases. Owing to the low concentration and highly fragmented nature of microbial cfDNA in plasma, coupled with methodological complexity, ensuring accurate and comparable metagenomic cfDNA sequencing results has proved challenging. This study aims to evaluate the performance of metagenomic cfDNA sequencing for detecting microorganisms in plasma across various laboratories and to examine factors affecting accuracy.METHODSA reference panel consisting of 18 microbial cfDNA communities was designed and used to investigate the performance of metagenomic cfDNA sequencing across 130 laboratories. We comprehensively assessed the accuracy, repeatability, anti-interference, limit of detection (LoD), and linear correlation.RESULTSThe results showed that the performance of most laboratories was excellent, with an average F1 score of 0.98. Most contamination in metagenomic cfDNA sequencing originated from \"wet labs,\" as 68.25% (475/696) of the false-positive sequences matched reported microorganisms. The chief cause (74.24%, 49/66) of false-negative errors in metagenomic cfDNA sequencing was from \"dry labs.\" Laboratories showed favorable reproducibility, LoD, and linearity. Interference from elevated human cfDNA concentrations was minimal, whereas interference from genetically similar microorganisms was more pronounced. Overall, viral cfDNA detection showed weaker performance compared to bacterial and fungal detection.CONCLUSIONSThis study presented the performance of metagenomic cfDNA sequencing in real-world settings, identifying key factors critical for its development and optimization. These findings provide valuable guidance for accurate pathogen detection in infectious diseases and promote the adoption of metagenomic cfDNA sequencing in diagnostics.","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143872000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen A Bustin,Jan M Ruijter,Maurice J B van den Hoff,Mikael Kubista,Michael W Pfaffl,Gregory L Shipley,Nham Tran,Stefan Rödiger,Andreas Untergasser,Reinhold Mueller,Tania Nolan,Mojca Milavec,Malcolm J Burns,Jim F Huggett,Jo Vandesompele,Carl T Wittwer
{"title":"MIQE 2.0: Revision of the Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments Guidelines.","authors":"Stephen A Bustin,Jan M Ruijter,Maurice J B van den Hoff,Mikael Kubista,Michael W Pfaffl,Gregory L Shipley,Nham Tran,Stefan Rödiger,Andreas Untergasser,Reinhold Mueller,Tania Nolan,Mojca Milavec,Malcolm J Burns,Jim F Huggett,Jo Vandesompele,Carl T Wittwer","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf043","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDIn 2009, the Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments (MIQE) guidelines established standards for the design, execution, and reporting of quantitative PCR (qPCR) in research. The expansion of qPCR into numerous new domains has driven the development of new reagents, methods, consumables, and instruments, requiring revisions to best practices that are tailored to the evolving complexities of contemporary qPCR applications.CONTENTTransparent, clear, and comprehensive description and reporting of all experimental details are necessary to ensure the repeatability and reproducibility of qPCR results. These revised MIQE guidelines reflect recent advances in qPCR technology, offering clear recommendations for sample handling, assay design, and validation, along with guidance on qPCR data analysis. Instrument manufacturers are encouraged to enable the export of raw data to facilitate thorough analyses and re-evaluation by manuscript reviewers and interested researchers. The guidelines emphasize that quantification cycle (Cq) values should be converted into efficiency-corrected target quantities and reported with prediction intervals, along with detection limits and dynamic ranges for each target, based on the chosen quantification method. Additionally, best practices for normalization and quality control are outlined and reporting requirements have been clarified and streamlined. The aim is to encourage researchers to provide all necessary information without undue burden, thereby promoting more rigorous and reproducible qPCR research.SUMMARYBuilding on the collaborative efforts of an international team of researchers, we present updates, simplifications, and new recommendations to the original MIQE guidelines, designed to maintain their relevance and applicability in the context of emerging technologies and evolving qPCR applications.","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143871993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proteomic Aging Clock Predicts Mortality and Risk of Common Age-Related Diseases.","authors":"Zoi E Sychev,Jesse C Seegmiller","doi":"10.1093/clinchem/hvaf041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaf041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10690,"journal":{"name":"Clinical chemistry","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}