Recent advances in DNA nanotechnology-enabled biosensors for virus detection

L Yuwen, S Zhang, J Chao - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Virus-related infectious diseases are serious threats to humans, which makes virus detection
of great importance. Traditional virus-detection methods usually suffer from low sensitivity …

Recent advances in DNA origami-engineered nanomaterials and applications

P Zhan, A Peil, Q Jiang, D Wang, S Mousavi… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology is a unique field, where physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics,
engineering, and materials science can elegantly converge. Since the original proposal of …

An Integrated amplification-free digital CRISPR/Cas-assisted assay for single molecule detection of RNA

D Wang, X Wang, F Ye, J Zou, J Qu, X Jiang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conventional nucleic acid detection technologies usually rely on amplification to improve
sensitivity, which has drawbacks, such as amplification bias, complicated operation, high …

Sericin-based bio-inspired nano-engineering of heterometallic AgAu nanocubes for attomolar mefenamic acid sensing in the mobile phone-based surface plasmon …

S Bhaskar, A Rai, KM Ganesh, R Reddy, N Reddy… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Engineering photo-plasmonic platforms with heterometallic nanohybrids are of paramount
significance for realizing augmented sensitivity in fluorescence-based analytical detection …

Three on three: universal and high-affinity molecular recognition of the symmetric homotrimeric spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 with a symmetric homotrimeric aptamer

J Li, Z Zhang, J Gu, R Amini, AG Mansfield… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Our previously discovered monomeric aptamer for SARS-CoV-2 (MSA52) possesses a
universal affinity for COVID-19 spike protein variants but is ultimately limited by its ability to …

Modular DNA-origami-based nanoarrays enhance cell binding affinity through the “lock-and-key” interaction

M Mao, Z Lin, L Chen, Z Zou, J Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surface proteins of cells are generally recognized through receptor–ligand interactions
(RLIs) in disease diagnosis, but their nonuniform spatial distribution and higher-order …

Hapten-decorated DNA nanostructures decipher the antigen-mediated spatial organization of antibodies involved in mast cell activation

L Schneider, KS Rabe, CM Domínguez… - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The immunological response of mast cells is controlled by the multivalent binding of
antigens to immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies bound to the high-affinity receptor FcεRI on …

Elucidating the effect of nanoscale receptor-binding domain organization on SARS-CoV-2 infection and immunity activation with DNA origami

J Zhang, Y Xu, M Chen, Y Huang, T Song… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multivalent display of SARS-CoV-2 RBDs (receptor-binding domains, prime proteins for viral
infection and as vaccine immunogens) affects infectivity and as immunogens on a virus-like …

Net-Shaped DNA Nanostructure-Based Lateral Flow Assays for Rapid and Sensitive SARS-CoV-2 Detection

S Umrao, M Zheng, X Jin, S Yao, X Wang - Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lateral flow assay (LFA)-based rapid antigen tests are experiencing extensive global uptake
as an expeditious and highly effective modality for the screening of viral infections during the …

DNA origami traps for large viruses

A Monferrer, F Kohler, C Sigl, M Schachtner… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2023 - cell.com
Virus-enveloping macromolecular shells or tilings can prevent viruses from entering cells.
Here, we describe the design and assembly of a cone-shaped DNA origami higher-order …