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ArticleBiosensors2021

Plasmonic Interferometers as TREM2 Sensors for Alzheimer's Disease.

Dingdong Li, Rachel Odessey, Dongfang Li, Domenico Pacifici

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Article in Biosensors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 56% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Roles of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease.Translational neurodegeneration · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dingdong LiSchool of Engineering, Brown University, 184 Hope St, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Rachel OdesseySchool of Engineering, Brown University, 184 Hope St, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Dongfang LiSchool of Engineering, Brown University, 184 Hope St, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Domenico PacificiSchool of Engineering, Brown University, 184 Hope St, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
Brown University · US

Funding

National Science Foundation 1842605,
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report an effective surface immobilization protocol for capture of Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2), a receptor whose elevated concentration in cerebrospinal fluid has recently been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). We employ the proposed surface functionalization scheme to design, fabricate, and assess a biochemical sensing platform based on plasmonic interferometry that is able to detect physiological concentrations of TREM2 in solution. These findings open up opportunities for label-free biosensing of TREM2 in its soluble form in various bodily fluids as an early indicator of the onset of clinical dementia in AD. We also show that plasmonic interferometry can be a powerful tool to monitor and optimize surface immobilization schemes, which could be applied to develop other relevant antibody tests.

Indexed as

InterferometryMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicAlzheimer DiseaseBrainHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicTREM2 protein, humanAlzheimer’s diseaseoptical biosensorplasmonic interferometrysurface functionalizationTREM2 sensors

Identifiers

PMID34356688
PMCPMC8301914
OpenAlexW3176669253

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