Thin-film technology for direct visual detection of nucleic acid sequences: applications in clinical research.

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease that remains a public health problem worldwide. Unfortunately, the current gold standard test used for the serological diagnosis of leptospirosis has some drawbacks and there is no vaccine available for successful prevention of leptospirosis in humans. Therefore, recent re...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Thongboonkerd V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive candidiasis is the most important opportunistic fungal infection, causing high morbidity and mortality. Traditional methods of diagnosis, which include blood culture and biopsy, usually lack both sensitivity and specificity, or become positive late in the course of the infection. Therefore, new nonculture-bas...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Laín A,Elguezabal N,Moragues MD,García-Ruiz JC,del Palacio A,Pontón J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming increasingly clear that the herpes simplex viruses (HSVs) 1 and 2 constitute a major, global, public health problem, particularly as genital herpes is implicated in the causation of a significant percentage of onwards transmission of the HIV virus. A major factor in the transmission of HSV is that most ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ryan C,Kinghorn G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microscopic pathology of Hodgkin lymphoma has been recognized for well over a century; however, only in the past 15 years has the enigmatic nature of this peculiar neoplasm been somewhat unraveled. This has been accomplished via a combination of the acquisition, via microdissection, of the prototypically rare mali...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Roullet MR,Bagg A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive tests for detecting genetic or molecular alterations in urine indicative of urothelial cancer are increasingly becoming the focus of urological cancer research. Since its approval by the US FDA in 2001, the fluorescence in situ hybridization test (Vysis UroVysion) has been widely evaluated. In general, pub...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Arentsen HC,de la Rosette JJ,de Reijke TM,Langbein S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are increasingly recognized for their potential utility in cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Emerging technologies in the past decade have allowed possible isolation and characterization of CTCs in the peripheral blood of cancer patients, including immunomagnetic technique coupled with imm...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Cho WC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease, a chronic inflammatory condition that results in heart and digestive complications. The first draft of the parasite genome is now complete and it is expected that, along with the published genomic and proteomic analyses discussed herein, it will lead to the ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Huete-Pérez JA,Flores-Obando RE,Ghedin E,Caffrey CR

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than a decade of intensive use of microarray technology has flooded the scientific community with genome-wide expression data of diverse biological states. As a result, connection of the expression signatures of a relatively small number of genes related to, for example, disease states, patient responses or toxic...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rautio JJ,Satokari R,Vehmaan-Kreula P,Serkkola E,Söderlund H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization, spectral karyotyping, multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization, comparative genomic hybridization, and more recently array comparative genomic hybridization, represent advancements in the field of molecular cytogenetics. The application of these techniques for the analysis of sp...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Dorritie K,Montagna C,Difilippantonio MJ,Ried T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial diseases. This molecular tool is well-suited for the rapid detection of bacteria directly in clinical specimens, allowing early, s...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Maurin M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is a significant interest in developing inexpensive portable biosensing platforms for various applications including disease diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food safety, and water testing at the point-of-care (POC) settings. Current diagnostic assays available in the developed world require so...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Sher M,Zhuang R,Demirci U,Asghar W

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous technical hurdles, the realization of true personalized medicine is becoming a progressive reality for the future of patient care. With the development of new techniques and tools to measure the genetic signature of tumors, biomarkers are increasingly being used to detect occult tumors, determine the ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Guzzetta AA,Pisanic Ii TR,Sharma P,Yi JM,Stark A,Wang TH,Ahuja N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testing for amplification of the human EGF receptor 2 (HER2) gene by in situ hybridization is a central principle for the identification of breast cancer patients likely to respond to treatments directed toward HER2. However, its application in clinical routine has been somewhat restricted by the typical use of a visu...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Foged NT,Brügmann A,Jørgensen JT

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a multifactorial disease responsible for nearly 10% of deaths each year in industrialized countries. While some monogenic forms of stroke have been described, the vast majority result from the common polygenic form of the disease. Progress in molecular genetics has allowed the identification, through genome-...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Domingues-Montanari S,Mendioroz M,del Rio-Espinola A,Fernández-Cadenas I,Montaner J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of new molecular diagnostics, fluoresence in situ hybridization or quantitative fluorescence-PCR (collectively known as rapid aneuploidy screening), in prenatal diagnosis has already been demonstrated in a number of large studies. The challenge now is how to apply them clinically in the most cost-effectiv...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Leung WC,Lau ET,Lao TT,Tang MH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the real time-based TaqMan(®) technology has allowed the development of highly sensitive hepatitis viral load tests with broad dynamic ranges. The increasing applications of these tests in clinical diagnostics have shown the utility of viral load as a predictive marker of treatment response and proven...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Colucci G,Knobel R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The huge parallel sequencing capabilities of next generation sequencing technologies have made them the tools of choice to characterize genomic aberrations for research and diagnostic purposes. For clinical applications, screening the whole genome or exome is challenging owing to the large genomic area to be sequenced...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ballester LY,Luthra R,Kanagal-Shamanna R,Singh RR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic conditions is a standard part of modern obstetric care. Many of the current methods rely on invasive methods and are associated with an inherent risk of fetal loss. Consequently, there has been a long-term goal for development of noninvasive prenatal diagnostic methods. In 1997, the...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Chiu RW,Lo YM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 protease has a broad and complex substrate specificity, which hitherto has escaped a simple comprehensive definition. This, and the relatively high mutation rate of the retroviral protease, makes it challenging to design effective protease inhibitors. Several attempts have been made during the last two decades t...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rögnvaldsson T,You L,Garwicz D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of oncology, clinical molecular diagnostics and biomarker discoveries are constantly advancing as the intricate molecular mechanisms that transform a normal cell into an aberrant state in concert with the dysregulation of alternative complementary pathways are increasingly understood. Progress in biomarke...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ong FS,Das K,Wang J,Vakil H,Kuo JZ,Blackwell WL,Lim SW,Goodarzi MO,Bernstein KE,Rotter JI,Grody WW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Molecular diagnosis of fragile X syndrome demands assessment of fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) CGG repeat size and methylation status, while predicting disease transmission risk requires determination of AGG interruption pattern. There is currently no single assay that provides all three categories of inform...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rajan-Babu IS,Teo CR,Lian M,Lee CG,Law HY,Chong SS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge that the organism's metabolome is a potentially informative mirror of the impact of disease and its dynamics has led to promising developments in cancer research, strongly geared toward the discovery of new biomarkers of disease onset and progression. The present text reviews the advances made in the las...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Duarte IF,Rocha CM,Gil AM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: The landscape of systemic treatment options for lung cancer has rapidly evolved with the emergence of immunomodulatory agents such as neutralizing antibodies targeting the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1). Another major breakthrough was the introduction of biomarkers, such as...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Michaelidou K,Agelaki S,Mavridis K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concomitant advances made by the Human Genome Project and in the development of nucleic acid screening technologies are driving the expansion of pharmacogenomic research and molecular diagnostics. However, most current technologies are restrictive due to their complexity and/or cost, limiting the potential of personal...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： de Arruda M,Lyamichev VI,Eis PS,Iszczyszyn W,Kwiatkowski RW,Law SM,Olson MC,Rasmussen EB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this manuscript was to explore the molecular basis and identify novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with chronic disorder of consciousness. METHODS:A coupled isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation-based approach was used to screen differentially expressed pro...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bao W,He F,Gao J,Meng F,Zou H,Luo B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of a draft sequence of a the human genome has provided the opportunity to characterize human diversity, even as it pertains to differences in host response to parasitic infection with organisms that cause lymphatic filariasis, malaria and schistosomiasis. Worldwide, human infection with filarial pathoge...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Choi EH,Nutman TB,Chanock SJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: This review concerns biomarkers of blood activation and their measurement in plasma, as described in the literature up to 2019, and from our personal experience. How their measurement can be informative and useful, for research studies or for diagnostic applications, is presented and discussed.Areas cove...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Amiral J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection rates continue to rise worldwide. Increasing screening of the largely asymptomatic infections is critical for timely and effective disease control. Laboratory solutions that can handle increasing volumes and generate highly accurate test results a...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Van Der Pol B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer becomes the second leading cause of death in the world. An effective strategy for early diagnosis of the disease is key to reduce the mortality and morbidity. Development of effective monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based assays or diagnostic imaging techniques for detection of antigens and small molecules that are r...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Zhang X,Soori G,Dobleman TJ,Xiao GG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in protein levels and the activation of signaling pathways have been extensively studied in tumor tissues, but the implementation of protein profiling methods in routine hospital workflows lags far behind that of nucleic acid-based approaches. In this review, major technologies that are currently used for ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Boellner S,Becker KF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00