Journal
TALANTA
Volume 235, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122735
Keywords
Catalytic hairpin assembly; MicroRNA; Biomarker; Signal amplification strategies
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21804011, 21902014, 21705009]
- Basic Research and Frontier Exploration Project of Chongqing [cstc2018jcyjAX0721, cstc2018jcyjAX0051]
- Chongqing Municipal Education Commission Foundation [KJQN201801404]
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Abnormal expression of miRNAs is closely associated with health disorders, making them potential biomarkers for early clinical diagnosis. The enzyme-free CHA signal amplification method shows significant potential in improving the sensitivity of miRNA detection strategies, with various sensing strategies based on this approach being developed.
Accumulative evidences have indicated that abnormal expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) is closely associated with many health disorders, making them be regarded as potentialbiomarkers for early clinical diagnosis. Therefore, it is extremely necessary to develop a highly sensitive, specific and reliable approach for miRNA analysis. Catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) signal amplification is an enzyme-free toehold-mediated strand displacement method, exhibiting significant potential in improving the sensitivity of miRNA detection strategies. In this review, we first describe the potential of miRNAs as disease biomarkers and therapeutics, and summarize the latest advances in CHA signal amplification-based sensing strategies for miRNA monitoring. We describe the characteristics and mechanism of CHA signal amplification and classify the CHA-based miRNA sensing strategies into several categories based on the signal conversion substance, including fluorophores, enzymes, nanomaterials, and nucleotide sequences. Sensing performance, limit of detection, merits and disadvantages of these miRNA sensing strategies are discussed. Moreover, the current challenges and prospects are also presented.
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