| abstract |
Embodiments of the present technology involve integrative single-cell and cell-free plasma RNA transcriptomics. Embodiments allow for the determination of expressed regions that can be used to identify, determine, or diagnosis a condition or disorder in a subject. Methods described herein analyze cell-free RNA molecules for certain expressed regions. The specific expressed regions analyzed were previously determined to be indicative for a certain type of cell or grouping of cells. As a result, the amounts of cell-free reads at the specific expressed regions may be related to the number of cells in a tissue or organ. The number of cells in the tissue or organ may change as a result of cell death, metastasis, or other dynamics. A change in the number of cells in the tissue or organ may then be reflected in certain expressed regions in cell-free RNA. |