Nonspecific binding—fundamental concepts and consequences for biosensing applications

A Frutiger, A Tanno, S Hwu, RF Tiefenauer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nature achieves differentiation of specific and nonspecific binding in molecular interactions
through precise control of biomolecules in space and time. Artificial systems such as …

Biomarkers in Parkinson's disease (recent update)

S Sharma, CS Moon, A Khogali, A Haidous… - Neurochemistry …, 2013 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder mostly
affecting the aging population over sixty. Cardinal symptoms including, tremors, muscle …

Solid-state and polymer nanopores for protein sensing: A review

N Meyer, I Abrao-Nemeir, JM Janot, J Torrent… - Advances in colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In two decades, the solid state and polymer nanopores became attractive method for the
protein sensing with high specificity and sensitivity. They also allow the characterization of …

Single-molecule studies of intrinsically disordered proteins

M Brucale, B Schuler, B Samorì - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The last 15 years saw a dramatic increase in the number of published papers exposing
research related to the concept of protein disorder and a concomitant increase in the …

Intrinsic and membrane-facilitated α-synuclein oligomerization revealed by label-free detection through solid-state nanopores

R Hu, J Diao, J Li, Z Tang, X Li, J Leitz, J Long, J Liu… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) is an abundant cytosolic protein involved in the release of
neurotransmitters in presynaptic terminal and its aberrant aggregation is found to be …

NanoporeBased, Rapid Characterization of Individual Amyloid Particles in Solution: Concepts, Challenges, and Prospects

J Houghtaling, J List, M Mayer - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aggregates of misfolded proteins are associated with several devastating
neurodegenerative diseases. These socalled amyloids are therefore explored as …

Influence of adsorption on proteins and amyloid detection by silicon nitride nanopore

S Balme, PE Coulon, M Lepoitevin, B Charlot… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
For the past 2 decades, emerging single-nanopore technologies have opened the route to
multiple sensing applications. Besides DNA sensing, the identification of proteins and …

Electrochemical confinement effects for innovating new nanopore sensing mechanisms

YL Ying, R Gao, YX Hu, YT Long - Small Methods, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanopores employ a confined space for electrochemical sensing of highthroughput
individual biomolecules in solution. Tremendous research efforts over the last two decades …

Nanomaterial applications for neurological diseases and central nervous system injury

L Huang, J Hu, S Huang, B Wang, F Siaw-Debrah… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of noninvasive treatment for neurological disease is generally limited by
the poor entry of therapeutic agents into the central nervous system (CNS). Most CNS drugs …

Nanopore sensing of botulinum toxin type B by discriminating an enzymatically cleaved peptide from a synaptic protein synaptobrevin 2 derivative

Y Wang, V Montana, V Grubišić… - … Applied Materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most lethal toxin known to human. Biodefense
requires early and rapid detection of BoNTs. Traditionally, BoNTs can be detected by …