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ArticleSmall science2026

Detection of Cancer-Associated Mutations Using Primer Exchange Reaction-Based Signal Amplification and Lateral Flow Assays.

Samet Kocabey, Curzio Rüegg

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Article in Small science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Samet KocabeyLaboratory of Experimental and Translational Oncology Department of Oncology Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Science and Medicine University of Fribourg Fribourg Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-4855
Curzio RüeggNCCR Bio-inspired Materials University of Fribourg Fribourg Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9137-7695

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Abstract

The ability to sensitively and specifically detect cancer-associated nucleic acids carrying single-nucleotide mutations is critical for early cancer detection, patient stratification, and personalized treatment, particularly through non-invasive liquid biopsy approaches. Detecting low-abundance nucleic acid fragments-particularly those with single-nucleotide variations-remains a significant challenge for point-of-care (POC) diagnostics. Here, we report a programmable DNA-based self-assembly strategy that leverages primer exchange reaction (PER) for isothermal signal amplification and enables colorimetric detection of cancer-specific DNA and RNA fragments on gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow assays (LFAs). This method uses PER-generated DNA concatemers functionalized with multiple FITC-labeled imager strands to enhance the visual signal on conventional LFA strips. We demonstrate that this approach enables detection of a synthetic

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circulating tumor DNADNA self‐assemblylateral flow assayliquid biopsymutation detectionprimer exchange reactionRNAsignal amplification

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PMID41669670
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