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Table 2 The comparison of different additional amplification strategies for AgNPs-mediated electrochemical miRNA detection

From: Silver nano-reporter enables simple and ultrasensitive profiling of microRNAs on a nanoflower-like microelectrode array on glass

Amplification method

LOD

Linear range

Sample

Refs.

RCA

0.05 fM

0.1 fM–10 nM

Cells/Serum

[24]

HCR

0.39 fM

0.5 fM–1 nM

Cells

[26]

Tetrahedral DNA/SDR

0.4 fM

1 fM–1 nM

Serum

[27]

DSN/AuNPs

0.62 fM

1 fM–1 pM

Plasma

[28]

Walker amplification

32 fM

100 fM–1 μM

Serum

[45]

Graphene/polyaniline

0.2 fM

10 fM–10 μM

Blood

[46]

SDR/polymerase/endonuclease

0.07 fM

1 fM–10 nM

Cells

[47]

AuNPs/biotin/neutravidin

300 fM

500 fM–1 μM

Serum

[48]

SDR/biotin/streptavidin

0.4 fM

1 fM–200 pM

Blood

[49]

Network of MPBA-AgNPs

0.02 fM

0.1 fM–2 pM

Serum

[50]

None

0.56 fM

1 fM–10 pM

Cells

This work

  1. RCA rolling circle amplification, HCR hybridization chain reaction, SDR strand displacement reaction, DSN duplex-specific nuclease, MPBA 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid