Recent progress and opportunities for nucleic acid aptamers

J Byun - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coined three decades ago, the term aptamer and directed evolution have now reached their
maturity. The concept that nucleic acid could modulate the activity of target protein as ligand …

[HTML][HTML] Aptamer grafted nanoparticle as targeted therapeutic tool for the treatment of breast cancer

A Sheikh, S Md, P Kesharwani - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast carcinomas repeat their number and grow exponentially making it extremely frequent
malignancy among women. Approximately, 70–80% of early diagnosed or non-metastatic …

Computational tools for aptamer identification and optimization

D Sun, M Sun, J Zhang, X Lin, Y Zhang, F Lin… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that can selectively bind to a
specific target. They are generally obtained by SELEX, but the procedure is challenging and …

[HTML][HTML] Liver spheroids on chips as emerging platforms for drug screening

D Huang, X Zhang, X Fu, Y Zu, W Sun, Y Zhao - Engineered Regeneration, 2021 - Elsevier
Liver plays a critical role in drug metabolism and nowadays multi-cellular culture systems
aiming at imitating liver-specific morphology and functionality are advancing robustly …

critical design factors for electrochemical aptasensors based on target-induced conformational changes: The case of small-molecule targets

AM Onaş, C Dascălu, MD Raicopol, L Pilan - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nucleic-acid aptamers consisting in single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides emerged as very
promising biorecognition elements for electrochemical biosensors applied in various fields …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in multiplex aptasensor detection techniques for food-borne pathogens: A comprehensive review of novel approaches

A Mishra, S Roy, NI Shaikh, P Malave, A Mishra… - … and Bioelectronics: X, 2024 - Elsevier
Food-borne pathogens pose significant risks to public health and food safety, necessitating
the development of rapid, sensitive, and multiplex detection techniques. Biosensor is one of …

A review: Construction of aptamer screening methods based on improving the screening rate of key steps

X Wei, P Ma, KI Mahmood, Y Zhang, Z Wang - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
Aptamers, as recognition molecules, play an important role in the field of detection and
control. Screening is the key procedure to obtain aptamers. Improving the aptamer …

Etiological and pathophysiological enigmas of severe coronavirus disease 2019, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and Kawasaki disease

JW Rhim, JH Kang, KY Lee - Clinical and experimental …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a novel multisystem
inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) has been reported worldwide since the first …

[HTML][HTML] Current developments of SELEX technologies and prospects in the aptamer selection with clinical applications

DJ Chinchilla-Cárdenas, JS Cruz-Méndez… - Journal of Genetic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotide sequences capable of binding to specific
ligands with high affinity. In this manner, they are like antibodies but have advantages such …

Generation and Selection of Specific Aptamers Targeting Brucella Species through an Enhanced Cell-SELEX Methodology

DM El-Husseini, AE Sayour, F Melzer… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Brucellae are Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile coccobacilli causing brucellosis in man
and animals. The disease is one of the most significant yet neglected global zoonoses …