@article{5b0f0bf57e094e79a2daffb8cd9d7092,
title = "Saliva is a reliable and practical source of germline DNA for genome-wide studies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia",
abstract = "High-throughput genomics requires tumor DNA matched to germline DNA, that cannot be easily obtained in the context of leukemia. Using chronic lymphocytic leukemia as a model, saliva DNA was frequently devoid of tumor DNA also during overt disease, and passed quality controls for SNP-array (77/102, 75.4%) and next generation sequencing (71/102, 69.6%). Compared to saliva, urine provides germline DNA of similar quality but in lower amounts. Saliva DNA was successfully run on SNP 6.0 arrays, and passed quality control call rate thresholds. On these bases, saliva represents a useful source of germline DNA for high-throughput genomic studies of hematologic neoplasia.",
keywords = "Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Germline DNA, Next generation sequencing, SNP array, Saliva",
author = "Silvia Rasi and Alessio Bruscaggin and Andrea Rinaldi and Stefania Cresta and Marco Fangazio and {de Paoli}, Lorenzo and Sara Monti and Ernesto Gargiulo and Ivo Kwee and Robin Fo{\`a} and Francesco Bertoni and Gianluca Gaidano and Davide Rossi",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by Progetto FIRB-Programma “Futuro in Ricerca” 2008 and PRIN 2008, MIUR, Rome, Italy; AIRC, Special Program Molecular Clinical Oncology, 5 × 1000, No. 10007, Milan, Italy; Progetto Giovani Ricercatori 2008, Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy; and Novara-Associazione Italiana contro le Leucemie, Linfomi e Mielomi (AIL) Onlus, Novara; Helmut Horten Foundation, San Salvatore Foundation, Fondazione per la Ricerca e la Cura sui Linfomi (Lugano, CH). ",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.leukres.2011.05.024",
language = "English",
volume = "35",
pages = "1419--1422",
journal = "Leukemia Research",
issn = "0145-2126",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "10",
}