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ArticleAnalytica chimica acta: X2019

Non-faradaic electrochemical impedimetric profiling of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as a dual marker biosensor for early sepsis detection.

Ambalika Sanjeev Tanak, Badrinath Jagannath, Yashaswee Tamrakar, Sriram Muthukumar, Shalini Prasad

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Article in Analytica chimica acta: X, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ambalika Sanjeev TanakDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
Badrinath JagannathDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
Yashaswee TamrakarDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
Sriram MuthukumarEnLiSense LLC, 1813 Audubon Pondway, Allen, TX, 75013, USA.
Shalini PrasadDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
The University of Texas at Dallas · USNational Audubon Society · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we demonstrate a robust, dual marker, biosensing strategy for specific and sensitive electrochemical response of Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in complex body fluids such as human serum and whole blood for the detection of sepsis. Enhanced sensitivity is achieved by leveraging the physicochemical properties of zinc oxide at the electrode-solution interface. Characterization techniques such as SEM, EDAX, AFM, FTIR and fluorescence microscopy were performed to ensure a suitable biosensing surface. The characteristic biomolecular interactions between the target analyte and specific capture probe is quantified through unique frequency signatures using non-faradaic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The developed biosensor demonstrated a detection limit of 0.10 ng mL

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C-reactive proteinDual marker biosensorElectrochemical impedance spectroscopyNon-faradaicProcalcitoninSepsis

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PMID33117982
PMCPMC7587050
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