3 results about "Maternal blood" patented technology

A method of fetal genotyping, comprises receiving maternal genomic DNA (gDNA) data, maternal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) data, and paternal gDNA data of a pair parenting to a fetus. The data are analyzed to identify a first set of sites at which the parents are homozygous for different alleles, and a second set at which at least one of the parents has a mutation. For each site of the first set, a probability that a respective portion of the maternal cfDNA data is derived from the fetus is determined. Each site of the second set is classified according to the determined probabilities as being either fetal or maternal to genotype the fetus.

The application provides application of maternal blood exosome miR-1909-3p as a biomarker in preparation of a product for diagnosing or assisting in diagnosing fetal congenital heart disease, and belongs to the technical field of in vitro diagnosis. The application uses miRNA microarray analysis to analyze the expression characteristics of serum exosome microRNAs affected by CHD compared with matched healthy controls. In the early and late pregnancy of TOF fetus, miR-1909-3p is significantly overexpressed in the maternal circulation, indicating that miR-1909-3p is a potential biomarker for fetal congenital heart disease. Through ROC curve analysis of the verification set, it is found that the area under the curve is 0.953, P<0.001, the sensitivity is 95%, and the specificity is 95%, indicating that miR-1909-3p can be used as a potential non-invasive biomarker for prenatal CHD screening.

The present disclosure provides a non-invasive method for early diagnosis of a placental pathology comprising an abnormal formation or arrangement of a placenta in a uterus of a mammalian female subject during pregnancy. Early diagnosis can lead to an improved maternal outcome. The method comprises selectively purifying from plasma of maternal blood a population of small extracellular vesicles (small-EVs) expressing a placenta-specific surface biomarker. The extracellular vesicles comprise micro-RNA cargo. A cargo profile for the small EVs is determined by extracting RNA from the purified population of small EVs. Expression of small non-coding RNAs comprising one or more micro RNAs (miRNAs) encapsulated by the purified population of exosomes is then identified and quantified. The miRNA profile of the placenta specific EVs is then compared to the miRNA profile of a healthy control of the same approximate gestational age.