Recent advances on functional nucleic-acid biosensors

X Yu, S Zhang, W Guo, B Li, Y Yang, B Xie, K Li… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, biosensors have been gradually developed for the rapid detection
and monitoring of human diseases. Recently, functional nucleic-acid (FNA) biosensors have …

Aptamer-based antibacterial and antiviral therapy against infectious diseases

XF Chen, X Zhao, Z Yang - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acid aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules selected in vitro that can
bind to a broad range of targets with high affinity and specificity. As promising alternatives to …

Systematic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient synthesis of hemoglobins and myoglobins

J Xue, J Zhou, J Li, G Du, J Chen, M Wang… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Hemoglobin (Hb) and myoglobin (Mb) are kinds of heme-binding proteins that play
crucial physiological roles in different organisms. With rapid application development in food …

Exploration and Application of DNA-Binding Proteins to Make a Versatile DNA–Protein Covalent-Linking Patch (D-Pclip): The Case of a Biosensing Element

E Komiya, S Takamatsu, D Miura… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
DNA–protein complexes are attractive components with broad applications in various
research fields, such as DNA aptamer–enzyme complexes as biosensing elements …

One-step high-throughput detection of low-abundance biomarker BDNF using a biolayer interferometry-based 3D aptasensor

S Gao, Q Li, S Zhang, X Sun, X Zheng, H Qian… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although biosensors for signal monitoring have been extensively developed, their
application in one-step high-throughput detection of low-abundance disease biomarkers …

Ratiometric G-quadruplex/hemin DNAzymes with low-dosage associative substrates

R Lai, X Zeng, Q Xu, Y Xu, X Li, Y Ru, Y Wang… - Analytica Chimica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background G-quadruplex (G4)/hemin DNAzymes with conversion of substrates
into colorimetric readouts are well recognized as convenient biocatalysis tools in sensor …

Colorimetric and photothermal dual-modal analysis of a cancer-related gene based on G-quadruplex-hemin cascade signal amplification

H Tao, Y Chen, J Liu, J Liu, Y Yang, R Hu - New Journal of Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
p53 gene is one of the most important anticancer genes and has been recognized as a
typical biomarker for the early diagnosis of cancers. In this paper, a portable point-of-care …

[HTML][HTML] Serum stability of 5′ cholesterol triethylene glycol-26-OKA and 39′ cholesterol triethylene glycol-24-OKA modified protoporphyrin IX DNA-aptamer and their …

AW Aliyu, BS Zainuddin, JH Low, CY Lee… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aptamer modification especially for pharmacotherapeutic applications is very important for
serum and endo/exonuclease stability. Although alterations in aptamer structure such as …

Colorimetric and Photothermal Dual-modal Visual Detection of Iodide Ion Based on G-Quadruplex-Hemin Cascade Signal Amplification

Y Chen, J Liu, J Liu, R Hu, Y Yang, X Zhang - Chemical Research in …, 2024 - Springer
The insufficient internal resorption of iodide ions (I−) leads to thyroid disorders, such as
goiter, hypothyroidism, and cretinism in adults. In this paper, a portable point-of-care testing …

AptaGPT: Advancing aptamer design with a generative pre-trained language model

S Ding, X Yang, CH Chan, Y Ma, S Yu, L Wang, A Lyu… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Aptamers, synthetic oligonucleotide ligands, have shown significant promise for therapeutic
and diagnostic applications owing to their high specificity and affinity for target molecules …