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ReviewCancer biology & medicine2015

Ultrasensitive detection of DNA and protein markers in cancer cells.

Irina V Smolina, Natalia E Broude

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Review in Cancer biology & medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Irina V SmolinaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Natalia E BroudeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Boston University · US

Funding

Ultra-specific In Situ Detection of Short Sequences in Human Genomic DNA under NoR21RR025371 · NCRR · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI SMOLINA, IRINA · 2009 to 2010
$605k
NCRR NIH HHS R21 RR025371
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cells differ from normal cells in various parameters, and these differences are caused by genomic mutations and consequential altered gene expression. The genetic and functional heterogeneity of tumor cells is a major challenge in cancer research, detection, and effective treatment. As such, the use of diagnostic methods is important to reveal this heterogeneity at the single-cell level. Droplet microfluidic devices are effective tools that provide exceptional sensitivity for analyzing single cells and molecules. In this review, we highlight two novel methods that employ droplet microfluidics for ultra-sensitive detection of nucleic acids and protein markers in cancer cells. We also discuss the future practical applications of these methods.

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cell-surface protein markerMicrofluidic dropletspeptide nucleic acids (PNA)rolling circle amplification (RCA)

Identifiers

PMID26487959
PMCPMC4607821
OpenAlexW2156742298

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