MobiCT: a UMI-based circulating tumor DNA analysis pipeline

ABSTRACT

MobiCT is a bioinformatics pipeline designed to detect ultra-low-frequency variants present in cell-free DNA samples using unique molecular identifier (UMI). The pipeline is composed of three main stages: (i) UMI deduplication, (ii) alignment to reference genome, and (iii) variant calling. It has been validated using a range of cancer patients and control samples, demonstrating sensitivity, precision, and F1-score around 90%. Implemented in Nextflow, following the nf-core guidelines, MobiCT ensures reliability and reproducibility, making it suitable for both research and clinical applications.