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ArticleNature communications2018

Surveying silicon nitride nanopores for glycomics and heparin quality assurance.

Buddini Iroshika Karawdeniya, Y M Nuwan D Y Bandara, Jonathan W Nichols, Robert B Chevalier, Jason R Dwyer

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Solid-State Nanopores for Biomolecular Analysis and Detection.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Buddini Iroshika KarawdeniyaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, 02881, USA.
Y M Nuwan D Y BandaraDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, 02881, USA.
Jonathan W NicholsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, 02881, USA.
Robert B ChevalierDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, 02881, USA.
Jason R DwyerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, 02881, USA. jason_dwyer@uri.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2938-2888
University of Rhode Island · US

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) CBET-1150085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polysaccharides have key biological functions and can be harnessed for therapeutic roles, such as the anticoagulant heparin. Their complexity-e.g., >100 monosaccharides with variety in linkage and branching structure-significantly complicates analysis compared to other biopolymers such as DNA and proteins. More, and improved, analysis tools have been called for, and here we demonstrate that solid-state silicon nitride nanopore sensors and tuned sensing conditions can be used to reliably detect native polysaccharides and enzymatic digestion products, differentiate between different polysaccharides in straightforward assays, provide new experimental insights into nanopore electrokinetics, and uncover polysaccharide properties. We show that nanopore sensing allows us to easily differentiate between a clinical heparin sample and one spiked with the contaminant that caused deaths in 2008 when its presence went undetected by conventional assays. The work reported here lays a foundation to further explore polysaccharide characterization and develop assays using thin-film solid-state nanopore sensors.

Indexed as

NanoporesAlginatesCalibrationChondroitin SulfatesGlycomicsHeparinSilicon CompoundsAlginatesChondroitin SulfatesHeparinSilicon Compoundssilicon nitride

Identifiers

PMID30115917
PMCPMC6095881
OpenAlexW2886476494

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