TY - JOUR
T1 - Aptamer-conjugated nanomaterials and their applications
AU - Yang, Liu
AU - Zhang, Xiaobing
AU - Ye, Mao
AU - Jiang, Jianhui
AU - Yang, Ronghua
AU - Fu, Ting
AU - Chen, Yan
AU - Wang, Kemin
AU - Liu, Chen
AU - Tan, Weihong
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20975034) and the National Key Scientific Program of China (2011CB911001, 2011CB911003) . This work is also supported by grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (GM066137, GM079359 and CA133086) . We also acknowledge the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR) at the University of Florida.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - The combination of aptamers with novel nanomaterials, including nanomaterial-based aptamer bioconjugates has attracted considerable interest and has led to a wide variety of applications. In this review, we discuss how a variety of nanomaterials, including gold, silica and magnetic nanoparticles, as well as carbon nanotubes, hydrogels, liposomes and micelles, have been used to functionalize aptamers for a variety of applications. These aptamer functionalized materials have led to advances in amplified biosensing, cancer cell-specific recognition, high-efficiency separation, and targeted drug delivery.
AB - The combination of aptamers with novel nanomaterials, including nanomaterial-based aptamer bioconjugates has attracted considerable interest and has led to a wide variety of applications. In this review, we discuss how a variety of nanomaterials, including gold, silica and magnetic nanoparticles, as well as carbon nanotubes, hydrogels, liposomes and micelles, have been used to functionalize aptamers for a variety of applications. These aptamer functionalized materials have led to advances in amplified biosensing, cancer cell-specific recognition, high-efficiency separation, and targeted drug delivery.
KW - Aptamers
KW - Biosensors
KW - Drug delivery
KW - Nanomaterials
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addr.2011.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.addr.2011.10.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22016112
AN - SCOPUS:81355148433
SN - 0169-409X
VL - 63
SP - 1361
EP - 1370
JO - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
JF - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
IS - 14-15
ER -