Single-tube methylation-specific duplex-PCR assay for rapid and accurate diagnosis of Fragile X Mental Retardation 1-related disorders.

abstract：:There is great interest in the development of noninvasive methods for imaging angiogenic responses. Strategies for assessing angiogenesis have primarily relied on measuring perfusion-related characteristics, such as total blood flow or microvascular volume, or detecting abnormal vascular permeability. Techniques are n...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Heppner P,Lindner JR

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental strategy of the current postgenomic era or the era of functional genomics is to expand the scale of biologic research from studying single genes or proteins to studying all genes or proteins simultaneously using a systematic approach. As recently developed methods for obtaining genome-wide mRNA express...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Ewis AA,Zhelev Z,Bakalova R,Fukuoka S,Shinohara Y,Ishikawa M,Baba Y

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of cancer patients have received increasing attention as new diagnostic tool enabling 'liquid biopsies'. In contrast to the wealth of descriptive studies demonstrating the clinical relevance of CTCs as biomarkers, the extremely low concentration of CTCs in the peripheral blo...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Alix-Panabières C,Pantel K

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is important in initiating symptomatic treatment with acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, and will be of even greater significance if drugs with a potential to slow down the degenerative process, such as beta-secretase inhibitors and beta-amyloid vaccination, prove to have a clini...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Blennow K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common, heterogeneous syndrome diagnosed clinically by the presence of classical neurological symptoms and the absence of 'red flags' that suggest alternative secondary parkinsonian disorders. Neuropathologically, nigrostriatal loss and the presence of proteinaceous inclusions (Lewy bodie...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Mellick GD,Silburn PA,Sutherland GT,Siebert GA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The antimicrobial aspect of management of patients with blood stream infections (BSI) and sepsis is time critical. In an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance, rapid detection and identification of bacteria with antimicrobial susceptibility is crucial to direct therapy early in the course of illness. ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Poole S,Kidd SP,Saeed K

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Methylation of cytosines in cytosine-guanine (CpG) dinucleotides is one of the most important epigenetic alterations in animals. The presence of methylcytosine in the promoter of specific genes has profound consequences on local chromatin structure and on the regulation of gene expression. Changes in DNA methylation p...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Dehan P,Kustermans G,Guenin S,Horion J,Boniver J,Delvenne P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a slow-developing cancer (10-15 years) with one of the highest frequencies in the world's population. Many countries have implemented various CRC screening programs, but have not achieved the desired compliance. Colonoscopy - considered the gold standard for CRC screening - has its limitatio...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Molnár B,Tóth K,Barták BK,Tulassay Z

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility to detect viral DNA or RNA in a quantitative manner has already contributed significantly to the management and diagnosis of viral infections, as well as to the understanding of virus-host interactions. New developments in amplification techniques based on real-time detection, as well as automation of ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Schutten M,Niesters HG

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular investigation of lung cancer has opened up an advanced area for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of lung cancer patients. Gene alterations in cancer initiation and progression provide not only information on molecular changes in lung cancer but also opportunities in advanced therapeutic regime by...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Li CM,Chu WY,Wong DL,Tsang HF,Tsui NB,Chan CM,Xue VW,Siu PM,Yung BY,Chan LW,Wong SC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic mapping by linkage analysis has been an invaluable tool in the positional strategy to identify the molecular basis of many rare Mendelian disorders. With the attention of the scientific and medical community shifting towards the analysis of more common, complex traits, it has become necessary to develop new ap...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Forabosco P,Falchi M,Devoto M

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Miniature optical sensors that specifically identify low concentrations of environmental and biological substances are in high demand. Currently, there is no optical sensor that provides identification of the aforementioned species without amplification techniques at naturally occurring concentrations. Recently, it ha...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Haes AJ,Duyne RP

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a severe adverse drug reaction which is of major concern to patients, clinicians and the pharmaceutical industry. Accurate and rapid detection of DILI is important for patient stratification and treatment in the clinic and benefits preclinical drug design and risk assess...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Howell LS,Ireland L,Park BK,Goldring CE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress in the development of molecular diagnostics in medicine has been rapid and the hope has been expressed by some people that it will soon be possible to have a detailed 'genetic readout' to assist in the diagnosis of treatment of a variety of diseases. However, such an outcome may be neither achievable n...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Hall AG,Coulthard SA,Irving JA

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Non-targeted identification of microbes is now possible directly in biological samples, based on whole-genome-NGS (WG-NGS) techniques that allow deep sequencing of nucleic acids, data mining and sorting out of sequences of pathogens without any a priori hypothesis. WG-NGS was first only used as a research tool due to ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Lecuit M,Eloit M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapidity, simplicity, and portability are highly desirable characteristics of tests and devices designed for performing diagnostics at the point of care (POC), either near patients managed in healthcare facilities or to offer bioanalytical alternatives in external settings. By reducing the turnaround time ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Bissonnette L,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2017-05-01 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: Currently, genetic testing of BRCA1/2 genes includes screening for single-nucleotide variants, small insertions/deletions, and copy number variations (CNVs). In fact, many studies document the involvement of BRCA1/2 gene rearrangements in genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer. Large genomic...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Concolino P,Capoluongo E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: The last decade has seen massive efforts towards the identification and the potential use of predictive biomarkers for the pregnancy pathology preeclampsia. The angiogenic factors sFlt-1 and placental growth factor (PGF) have been in focus and have been massively supported. Areas covered: This review des...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Huppertz B

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute periods of pulmonary exacerbation are the single most important cause of morbidity in cystic fibrosis patients, and may be associated with a loss of lung function. Intervening prior to the onset of a substantially increased inflammatory response may limit the associated damage to the airways. While a number of b...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Rogers GB,Hoffman LR,Johnson MW,Mayer-Hamblett N,Schwarze J,Carroll MP,Bruce KD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hearing loss (HL) is the most common birth defect in industrialized countries with far-reaching social, psychological and cognitive implications. It is an extremely heterogeneous disease, complicating molecular testing. The introduction of next-generation sequencing (NGS) has resulted in great progress in ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Sommen M,Wuyts W,Van Camp G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful biodefense strategy relies upon any combination of four approaches. A nation can protect its troops and citizenry first by advanced mass vaccination, second, by responsive ring vaccination, and third, by post-exposure therapeutic treatment (including vaccine therapies). Finally, protection can be achieved...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Weinberg S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an inherited metabolic disease with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. The disease is caused by a partial deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) in heme biosynthesis. Since biochemical measurements of patients and their healthy relatives overlap, the diagnosis o...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Kauppinen R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of cancer and other genetically based diseases is far from optimal in even our most advanced medical centers. There is still uncertainty regarding how diseases will progress in certain patients, toxicity that must be tolerated with imprecise treatment regimens and significant potential for treatment fai...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Best CJ,Emmert-Buck MR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of drug resistance remains one of the most challenging issues in the treatment of HIV-1 infection. The extreme replication dynamics of HIV facilitates its escape from the selective pressure exerted by the human immune system and by the applied combination drug therapy. This article reviews computational ...

journal_title：Expert review of molecular diagnostics

authors： Cordes F,Kaiser R,Selbig J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00