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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Liver Cancer Detection by a Simple, Inexpensive and Effective Immunosensor with Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles.

Congo Tak-Shing Ching, Nguyen van Hieu, Teng-Yun Cheng, Lin-Shien Fu, Tai-Ping Sun, Ming-Yen Liu, Su-Hua Huang, Yan-Dong Yao

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Congo Tak-Shing ChingDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou 54561, Taiwan. tsching@ncnu.edu.tw.
Nguyen van HieuDepartment of Physics and Electronic Engineering, University of Science (Vietnam National University of Hochiminh City), District 5, Hochiminh City 999100, Vietnam. nvhieu@hcmus.edu.vn.
Teng-Yun ChengDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou 54561, Taiwan. s103323905@mail1.ncnu.edu.tw.
Lin-Shien FuDepartment of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 40705, Taiwan. lsfu@vghtc.gov.tw.
Tai-Ping SunDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou 54561, Taiwan. president.sun@nkut.edu.tw.
Ming-Yen LiuDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou 54561, Taiwan. s102323520@mail1.ncnu.edu.tw.
Su-Hua HuangDepartment of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan. shhuang@asia.edu.tw.
Yan-Dong YaoDivision of Science & Technology, Hong Kong Community College, Hong Kong, China. ydyao@hkcc-polyu.edu.hk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regular monitoring of blood α-fetoprotein (AFP) and/or carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA) levels is important for the routine screening of liver cancer. However, AFP and CEA have a much lower specificity than des-γ-carboxyprothrombin (DCP) to detect liver cancer. Therefore, the study reported here was designed, to develop a screen-printed DCP immunosensor incorporating zinc oxide nanoparticles, for accurate determination of DCP. The designed immunosensor shows low detection limits for the detection of DCP: 0.440 ng/mL (based on impedance measurement), 0.081 ng/mL (based on real part of impedance measurement) and 0.078 ng/mL (based on imaginary part of impedance measurement), within the range of 3.125 ng/mL to 2000 ng/mL. In addition, there was little interference to DCP determination by molecules such as Na⁺, K⁺, Ca(2+), Cl(-), glucose, urea, and uric acid. It is therefore concluded that the DCP immunosensor developed and reported here is simple, inexpensive and effective, and shows promise in the rapid screening of early-stage liver cancer at home with a point-of-care approach.

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AnimalsBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorBiosensing TechniquesCattleEquipment DesignImmunologic TechniquesLimit of DetectionLinear ModelsLiver NeoplasmsMetal NanoparticlesModels, BiologicalProtein PrecursorsProthrombinReproducibility of ResultsSerum Albumin, BovineacarboxyprothrombinBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorProtein PrecursorsProthrombinSerum Albumin, BovineZinc OxideDCPimmunosensorliver cancernanoparticlescreening

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PMCPMC4701340

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