دورية أكاديمية

Digital PCR modeling for maximal sensitivity, dynamic range and measurement precision.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Digital PCR modeling for maximal sensitivity, dynamic range and measurement precision.
المؤلفون: Nivedita Majumdar, Thomas Wessel, Jeffrey Marks
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e0118833 (2015)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015.
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: The great promise of digital PCR is the potential for unparalleled precision enabling accurate measurements for genetic quantification. A challenge associated with digital PCR experiments, when testing unknown samples, is to perform experiments at dilutions allowing the detection of one or more targets of interest at a desired level of precision. While theory states that optimal precision (Po) is achieved by targeting ~1.59 mean copies per partition (λ), and that dynamic range (R) includes the space spanning one positive (λL) to one negative (λU) result from the total number of partitions (n), these results are tempered for the practitioner seeking to construct digital PCR experiments in the laboratory. A mathematical framework is presented elucidating the relationships between precision, dynamic range, number of partitions, interrogated volume, and sensitivity in digital PCR. The impact that false reaction calls and volumetric variation have on sensitivity and precision is next considered. The resultant effects on sensitivity and precision are established via Monte Carlo simulations reflecting the real-world likelihood of encountering such scenarios in the laboratory. The simulations provide insight to the practitioner on how to adapt experimental loading concentrations to counteract any one of these conditions. The framework is augmented with a method of extending the dynamic range of digital PCR, with and without increasing n, via the use of dilutions. An example experiment demonstrating the capabilities of the framework is presented enabling detection across 3.33 logs of starting copy concentration.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4373789?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118833
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/d7fa8a22b72540eb83ee471e2f154b62
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.7fa8a22b72540eb83ee471e2f154b62
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0118833