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ReviewAnalysis & sensing2022

Aptamers for SARS-CoV-2: Isolation, Characterization, and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Developments.

Ryan Amini, Zijie Zhang, Jiuxing Li, Jimmy Gu, John D Brennan, Yingfu Li

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Review in Analysis & sensing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Selection and Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Binding Clickmers.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  8. Aptamer and DNAzyme Based Colorimetric Biosensors for Pathogen Detection.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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  16. Repurposing CRISPR/Cas to Discover SARS-CoV-2 Detecting and Neutralizing Aptamers.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryan AminiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2127-4428
Zijie ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2757-3071
Jiuxing LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7012-2482
Jimmy GuDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada.
John D BrennanBiointerfaces Institute McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3461-9824
Yingfu LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7533-6743
McMaster University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 pandemic continue to demand effective diagnostic and therapeutic solutions. Finding these solutions requires highly functional molecular recognition elements. Nucleic acid aptamers represent a possible solution. Characterized by their high affinity and specificity, aptamers can be rapidly identified from random-sequence nucleic acid libraries. Over the past two years, many labs around the world have rushed to create diverse aptamers that target two important structural proteins of SARS-CoV-2: the spike (S) protein and nucleocapsid (N) protein. These have led to the identification of many aptamers that show real promise for the development of diagnostic tests and therapeutic agents for SARS-CoV-2. Herein we review all these developments, with a special focus on the development of diverse aptasensors for detecting SARS-CoV-2. These include electrochemical and optical sensors, lateral flow devices, and aptamer-linked immobilized sorbent assays.

Indexed as

aptamersassaysCOVID-19diagnosticstherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID35574520
PMCPMC9082509
OpenAlexW4224275281

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Registered trials

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