Advances in plasmonic technologies for point of care applications

O Tokel, F Inci, U Demirci - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Demand for accessible and affordable healthcare for infectious and chronic diseases
present significant challenges for providing high-value and effective healthcare. Traditional …

Human tissue kallikreins: a family of new cancer biomarkers

EP Diamandis, GM Yousef - Clinical Chemistry, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Kallikreins are a subgroup of the serine protease enzyme family. Until recently, it was
thought that the human kallikrein gene family contained only three members. In the past 3 …

Nanoparticle-based bio-bar codes for the ultrasensitive detection of proteins

JM Nam, CS Thaxton, CA Mirkin - science, 2003 - science.org
An ultrasensitive method for detecting protein analytes has been developed. The system
relies on magnetic microparticle probes with antibodies that specifically bind a target of …

Low-cost fabrication of paper-based microfluidic devices by one-step plotting

J Nie, Y Zhang, L Lin, C Zhou, S Li, L Zhang… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this technical note, we describe a facile method for one-step fabrication of paper-based
microfluidic devices, by simply using commercially available permanent markers and metal …

Ultrasensitive, label-free, and real-time immunodetection using silicon field-effect transistors

A Kim, CS Ah, HY Yu, JH Yang, IB Baek… - Applied Physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrasensitive, label-free, and real-time prostate-specific antigen (PSA) sensor was
developed using n-type silicon nanowire-based structures configured as field-effect …

Angiopoietin‐2 expression in breast cancer correlates with lymph node invasion and short survival

C Sfiligoi, A de Luca, I Cascone… - … journal of cancer, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Angiogenic factors produced by tumor cells are essential for tumor growth and metastasis. In
our study, the expression of Angiopoietin‐1 (ANG1) and Angiopoietin‐2 (ANG2) mRNA in …

A bio-barcode assay for on-chip attomolar-sensitivity protein detection

ED Goluch, JM Nam, DG Georganopoulou, TN Chiesl… - Lab on a Chip, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Functionalized nanoparticles hold great promise in realizing highly sensitive and selective
biodetection. We report a single disposable chip which is capable of carrying out a multi …

A modular microfluidic architecture for integrated biochemical analysis

KA Shaikh, KS Ryu, ED Goluch… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Microfluidic laboratory-on-a-chip (LOC) systems based on a modular architecture are
presented. The architecture is conceptualized on two levels: a single-chip level and a …

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a possible biomarker in non-prostatic cancer: A review

DC Pérez-Ibave, CH Burciaga-Flores… - Cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a serine protease produced by epithelial prostatic cells
and its main function is to liquefy seminal coagulum. Currently, PSA is a biomarker for the …

Supersensitive time-resolved immunofluorometric assay of free prostate-specific antigen with nanoparticle label technology

T Soukka, J Paukkunen, H Harma, S Lonnberg… - Clinical …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Background: The extreme specific activity of the long-lifetime fluorescent europium (III)
chelate nanoparticles and the enhanced monovalent binding affinity of multivalent …