Advancement of aptamer-based detection for circulating tumor cells
10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.2017.08.918
- VernacularTitle:基于核酸适配子的循环肿瘤细胞检测研究进展
- Author:
Jianming ZHOU
;
Ting WANG
;
Kunhe ZHANG
- Keywords:
aptamer;
circulating tumor cell;
nondestructive capture;
efficient detection;
visible analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2017;44(8):400-403
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells shed from tumor into blood circulation. These cells are valuable in micrometa-static detection, disease assessment, and therapy and prognosis prediction of tumors. However, the clinical application of CTCs pro-gresses slowly due to its rarity in the blood and difficulty for detection. Given the development of biological techniques, scholars have developed several new methods for enrichment and detection of CTCs. Aptamer-based method shows a good prospect in CTC applica-tion. In this method, CTCs can be rapidly and efficiently captured, nondestructively released, and qualitatively and quantitatively ana-lyzed. This method can also be used to detect single and sub-groups of CTCs.
