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ArticleTalanta2021

High-quality RT-PCR with chemically modified RNA controls.

Guangcheng Luo, Jun Zhang, Shun Zhang, Bei Hu, Lillian Hu, Zhen Huang

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Article in Talanta, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Guangcheng LuoKey Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, PR China; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
Jun ZhangKey Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, PR China.
Shun ZhangKey Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, PR China.
Bei HuKey Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, PR China.
Lillian HuSeNA Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
Zhen HuangKey Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, PR China; SeNA Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA. Electronic address: huang@senaresearch.org.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In detecting infectious diseases, such as coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is one of the most important technologies for RNA detection and disease diagnosis. To achieve high quality assurance, appropriate positive and negative controls are critical for disease detection using RT-PCR kits. In this study, we have found that commercial kits often adopt DNAs instead of RNAs as the positive controls, which can't report the kit problems in reverse transcription, thereby increasing risk of the false negative results when testing patient samples. To face the challenge, we have proposed and developed the chemically modified RNAs, such as phosphoroselenaote and phosphorothioate RNAs (Se-RNA and S-RNA), as the controls. We have found that while demonstrating the high thermostability, biostability, chemostability and exclusivity (or specificity), both Se-RNA and S-RNA can be fine templates for reverse transcription, indicating their potentials as both positive and negative controls for RT-PCR kits.

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COVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingDNA, ViralFalse Negative ReactionsHumansReagent Kits, DiagnosticReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA StabilityRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2DNA, ViralReagent Kits, DiagnosticRNA, ViralCOVID-19DNA- or RNA-Based positive and ngegative controlsPhosphoroselenaote RNAPhosphorothioate RNART-PCR

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PMID33379066
PMCPMC7657100

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