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ReviewAnnual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.)2023

Recent Advances in Single-Molecule Tracking and Imaging Techniques.

Trung Duc Nguyen, Yuan-I Chen, Limin H Chen, Hsin-Chih Yeh

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Review in Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Deep Learning Tools for Single Quantum Dot Tracking.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  8. Perspective: An outlook on fluorescence tracking.The Journal of chemical physics · 2025
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  11. DNA Hanger: Surface-Minimized Single-Molecule Immunoassay Platform.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 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.

Trung Duc NguyenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA; email: Tim.Yeh@austin.utexas.edu.
Yuan-I ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA; email: Tim.Yeh@austin.utexas.edu.
Limin H ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA; email: Tim.Yeh@austin.utexas.edu.
Hsin-Chih YehDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA; email: Tim.Yeh@austin.utexas.edu.
The University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Developing an ultrafast fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy system for retinal imagingR21EY033106 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI YEH, HSIN-CHIH · 2021 to 2022
$399k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY033106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the early 1990s, single-molecule detection in solution at room temperature has enabled direct observation of single biomolecules at work in real time and under physiological conditions, providing insights into complex biological systems that the traditional ensemble methods cannot offer. In particular, recent advances in single-molecule tracking techniques allow researchers to follow individual biomolecules in their native environments for a timescale of seconds to minutes, revealing not only the distinct pathways these biomolecules take for downstream signaling but also their roles in supporting life. In this review, we discuss various single-molecule tracking and imaging techniques developed to date, with an emphasis on advanced three-dimensional (3D) tracking systems that not only achieve ultrahigh spatiotemporal resolution but also provide sufficient working depths suitable for tracking single molecules in 3D tissue models. We then summarize the observables that can be extracted from the trajectory data. Methods to perform single-molecule clustering analysis and future directions are also discussed.

Indexed as

Research PersonnelCluster AnalysisHumansSignal TransductionSingle Molecule Imagingclustering analysisfeedback-control trackingmultiple plane microscopypoint-spread-function engineeringsingle-molecule trackingtrajectory analysis

Identifiers

PMID37314878
PMCPMC11729782
OpenAlexW4380550518

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Registered trials

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