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ReviewBiosensors & bioelectronics2009

Aptasensors for detection of microbial and viral pathogens.

Edith Torres-Chavolla, Evangelyn C Alocilja

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Review in Biosensors & bioelectronics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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  4. Aptamer-functionalized polydiacetylene biosensor for the detection of three foodborne pathogens.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2024
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  6. Analysis ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  8. Aptamers for Viral Detection and Inhibition.ACS infectious diseases · 2022
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  9. Aptamers-Diagnostic and Therapeutic Solution in SARS-CoV-2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  15. Microfluidic devices for detection of RNA viruses.Reviews in medical virology · 2021
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  16. Novel Detection of Nasty Bugs, Prevention Is Better than Cure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  19. Aptamer-Based Detection of Ampicillin in Urine Samples.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Edith Torres-ChavollaBiosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Evangelyn C Alocilja

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aptamers are specific nucleic acid sequences that can bind to a wide range of non-nucleic acid targets with high affinity and specificity. These molecules are identified and selected through an in vitro process called SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment). Proteins are the most common targets in aptamer selection. In diagnostic and detection assays, aptamers represent an alternative to antibodies as recognition agents. Cellular detection is a promising area in aptamer research. One of its principal advantages is the ability to target and specifically differentiate microbial strains without having previous knowledge of the membrane molecules or structural changes present in that particular microorganism. The present review focuses on aptamers, SELEX procedures, and aptamer-based biosensors (aptasensors) for the detection of pathogenic microorganisms and viruses. Special emphasis is placed on nanoparticle-based platforms.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideBacteriaBiosensing TechniquesEquipment DesignSELEX Aptamer TechniqueVirusesAptamers, Nucleotide

Identifiers

PMID19117748
PMCPMC7125720

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