Functional DNA sensors integrated with nucleic acid signal amplification strategies for non-nucleic acid targets detection

Y Zhu, J Wu, Q Zhou - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
In addition to carrying and transmitting genetic material, some DNA molecules have specific
binding ability or catalytic function. DNA with this special function is collectively referred to as …

Biomedical applications of DNA‐based hydrogels

J Gačanin, CV Synatschke… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleic acids are gaining significant attention as versatile building blocks for the next
generation of soft materials. Due to significant advances in the chemical synthesis and …

Aptamer-integrated DNA nanostructures for biosensing, bioimaging and cancer therapy

HM Meng, H Liu, H Kuai, R Peng, L Mo… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of nanostructures with biomolecules leading to the generation of functional
nanosystems holds great promise for biotechnological and biomedical applications. As a …

Rationally engineered nucleic acid architectures for biosensing applications

M Xiao, W Lai, T Man, B Chang, L Li… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Development of biosensing platforms plays a key role in research settings for identification
of biomarkers and in clinical applications for diagnostics. Biosensors based on nucleic acids …

[HTML][HTML] Transformable liquid-metal nanomedicine

Y Lu, Q Hu, Y Lin, DB Pacardo, C Wang, W Sun… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
To date, numerous inorganic nanocarriers have been explored for drug delivery systems
(DDSs). However, the clinical application of inorganic formulations has often been hindered …

Rolling circle amplification: a versatile tool for chemical biology, materials science and medicine

MM Ali, F Li, Z Zhang, K Zhang, DK Kang… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Rolling circle amplification (RCA) is an isothermal enzymatic process where a short DNA or
RNA primer is amplified to form a long single stranded DNA or RNA using a circular DNA …

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 …

Enhanced isolation and release of circulating tumor cells using nanoparticle binding and ligand exchange in a microfluidic chip

MH Park, E Reátegui, W Li, SN Tessier… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The detection of rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of cancer patients has the
potential to be a powerful and noninvasive method for examining metastasis, evaluating …

Selection of DNA aptamers against epithelial cell adhesion molecule for cancer cell imaging and circulating tumor cell capture

Y Song, Z Zhu, Y An, W Zhang, H Zhang, D Liu… - Analytical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is overexpressed in most solid cancers and is an
ideal antigen for clinical applications in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, imaging, and therapy …

Noncanonical self-assembly of multifunctional DNA nanoflowers for biomedical applications

G Zhu, R Hu, Z Zhao, Z Chen, X Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology has been extensively explored to assemble various functional
nanostructures for versatile applications. Mediated by Watson–Crick base-pairing, these …