Aptamer-based detection of circulating targets for precision medicine

L Wu, Y Wang, X Xu, Y Liu, B Lin, M Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed ongoing progress in precision medicine to improve human
health. As an emerging diagnostic technique, liquid biopsy can provide real-time …

Nucleic acid tests for clinical translation

M Li, F Yin, L Song, X Mao, F Li, C Fan, X Zuo… - Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Nucleic acids, including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are
natural biopolymers composed of nucleotides that store, transmit, and express genetic …

Discovery of aptamers targeting the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Y Song, J Song, X Wei, M Huang, M Sun… - Analytical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (SARS-
CoV-2 or 2019-nCoV) as a global pandemic. However, the mechanisms behind the …

Cancer biomarker detection: recent achievements and challenges

L Wu, X Qu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The early detection of cancer can significantly reduce cancer mortality and saves lives. Thus,
a great deal of effort has been devoted to the exploration of new technologies to detect early …

The design of reversible hydrogels to capture extracellular matrix dynamics

AM Rosales, KS Anseth - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016‏ - nature.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a dynamic environment that constantly provides physical
and chemical cues to embedded cells. Much progress has been made in engineering …

Crosstalk between cancer cells and tumor associated macrophages is required for mesenchymal circulating tumor cell-mediated colorectal cancer metastasis

C Wei, C Yang, S Wang, D Shi, C Zhang, X Lin, Q Liu… - Molecular cancer, 2019‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are major components of
tumor microenvironment that frequently associated with tumor metastasis in human cancers …

Replacing antibodies with aptamers in lateral flow immunoassay

A Chen, S Yang - Biosensors and bioelectronics, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Aptamers have been identified against various targets as a type of chemical or nucleic acid
ligand by systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) with high …

Point-of-care biosensor-based diagnosis of COVID-19 holds promise to combat current and future pandemics

A Parihar, P Ranjan, SK Sanghi… - ACS applied bio …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Efficient and rapid detection of viruses plays an extremely important role in disease
prevention, diagnosis, and environmental monitoring. Early screening of viral infection …

Bioinspired engineering of a multivalent aptamer‐functionalized nanointerface to enhance the capture and release of circulating tumor cells

Y Song, Y Shi, M Huang, W Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Circulating tumor cell (CTC)‐enrichment by using aptamers has a number of advantages,
but the issue of compromised binding affinities and stabilities in real samples hinders its …

EMT‐cancer cells‐derived exosomal miR‐27b‐3p promotes circulating tumour cells‐mediated metastasis by modulating vascular permeability in colorectal cancer

R Dou, K Liu, C Yang, J Zheng, D Shi… - Clinical and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Metastasis is the main cause of death in colorectal cancer (CRC). Circulating
tumour cells (CTCs) are regarded as the precursor cells of metastasis. The CTCs, which …