Hydrophobic interaction: a promising driving force for the biomedical applications of nucleic acids

F Xiao, Z Chen, Z Wei, L Tian - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The comprehensive understanding and proper use of supramolecular interactions have
become critical for the development of functional materials, and so is the biomedical …

DNA–bare gold affinity interactions: mechanism and applications in biosensing

KM Koo, AAI Sina, LG Carrascosa, MJA Shiddiky… - Analytical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The adsorption of DNA onto gold due to affinity interactions is highly desirable for
developing low-cost, convenient and sensitive biosensors. To date, DNA–gold adsorption …

Plasmon-based colorimetric nanosensors for ultrasensitive molecular diagnostics

L Tang, J Li - ACS sensors, 2017 - ACS Publications
Colorimetric detection of target analytes with high specificity and sensitivity is of fundamental
importance to clinical and personalized point-of-care diagnostics. Because of their …

Epigenetically reprogrammed methylation landscape drives the DNA self-assembly and serves as a universal cancer biomarker

AAI Sina, LG Carrascosa, Z Liang, YS Grewal… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Epigenetic reprogramming in cancer genomes creates a distinct methylation landscape
encompassing clustered methylation at regulatory regions separated by large intergenic …

A fast and label-free detection of hydroxymethylated DNA using a nozzle-jet printed AuNPs@ Ti3C2 MXene-based electrochemical sensor

KS Bhat, S Byun, A Alam, M Ko, J An, S Lim - Talanta, 2022 - Elsevier
hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) is a key epigenetic mark in the mammalian genome that has
been proposed as a promising cancer biomarker with diagnostic and prognostic potentials …

Optical bio-sensing of DNA methylation analysis: an overview of recent progress and future prospects

M Adampourezare, M Hasanzadeh, F Seidi - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA methylation as one of the most important epigenetic modifications has a critical role in
regulating gene expression and drug resistance in treating diseases such as cancer …

Bioconjugated gold nanoparticles as an efficient colorimetric sensor for cancer diagnostics

K Akshaya, C Arthi, AJ Pavithra, P Poovizhi… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The chances of curing and reducing the adverse effect of cancer partly lie in early detection.
Colorimetric sensor-based technique show promising results since the target is detected …

Rapid detection of cancer DNA in human blood using cysteamine-capped AuNPs and a machine learning-enabled smartphone

S Koowattanasuchat, S Ngernpimai, P Matulakul… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
DNA methylation occurs when a methyl group is added to a cytosine (C) residue's fifth
carbon atom, forming 5-methylcytosine (5-mC). Cancer genomes have a distinct methylation …

Highly sensitive colorimetric cancer cell detection based on dual signal amplification

T Yu, PP Dai, JJ Xu, HY Chen - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2016 - ACS Publications
Facile and efficient detection of cancer cells at their preclinical stages is one of the central
challenges in cancer diagnostics. A direct, rapid, highly sensitive and specific biosensor for …

eMethylsorb: electrochemical quantification of DNA methylation at CpG resolution using DNA–gold affinity interactions

AAI Sina, S Howell, LG Carrascosa, S Rauf… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a simple electrochemical method referred to as “eMethylsorb” for the detection of
DNA methylation. The method relies on the base dependent affinity interaction of DNA with …