Direct detection of circulating microRNAs in serum of cancer patients by coupling protein-facilitated specific enrichment and rolling circle amplification

作者:Hong, Cheng-Yi; Chen, Xian; Li, Juan; Chen, Jing-Hua*; Chen, Guonan; Yang, Huang-Hao
来源:Chemical communications, 2014, 50(25): 3292-3295.
DOI:10.1039/c3cc48996e

摘要

We have developed a simple method for direct detection of circulating microRNAs in serum by using the p19 protein-functionalized magnetic beads (PFMBs) for specific enrichment and rolling circle amplification (RCA). The detection limit for microRNAs is 1 fM. Therefore, the proposed method has the potential of being used in the analysis of circulating microRNAs and clinical diagnosis.