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ReviewTheranostics2021

Oligonucleotide aptamers for pathogen detection and infectious disease control.

Quanyuan Wan, Xiaohui Liu, Youli Zu

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Review in Theranostics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Drugs against broad-spectrum of coronaviruses.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  10. Aptamers: precision tools for diagnosing and treating infectious diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  18. Aptamers: A prospective tool for infectious diseases diagnosis.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Quanyuan WanDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Xiaohui LiuDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Youli ZuDepartment of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Funding

Self-assembled multifunctional aptamer-complex biomaterial for precision medicineR01CA224304 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ZU, YOULI · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA224304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During an epidemic or pandemic, the primary task is to rapidly develop precise diagnostic approaches and effective therapeutics. Oligonucleotide aptamer-based pathogen detection assays and control therapeutics are promising, as aptamers that specifically recognize and block pathogens can be quickly developed and produced through simple chemical synthesis. This work reviews common aptamer-based diagnostic techniques for communicable diseases and summarizes currently available aptamers that target various pathogens, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Moreover, this review discusses how oligonucleotide aptamers might be leveraged to control pathogen propagation and improve host immune system responses. This review offers a comprehensive data source to the further develop aptamer-based diagnostics and therapeutics specific for infectious diseases.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideBacteriaBiosensing TechniquesCommunicable Disease ControlCommunicable DiseasesCOVID-19 TestingEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesSELEX Aptamer TechniqueVirusesVirus InternalizationAptamers, Nucleotideaptamersaptasensorsdisease controlimmune systempathogen detection

Identifiers

PMID34522231
PMCPMC8419047

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