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Table 4 The optical nanomaterial-based biosensors for the multiplexed detection of protein LB markers

From: Optical nanomaterial-based detection of biomarkers in liquid biopsy

Biomarker

Disease

Optical Nanomaterial

Biorecognition Element

Detection Method

Matrix

Limit of Detection

Linear Range

Clinical Sample [a]

Note

AFP

Lung Cancer

QDs

Antibody

Fluorescence

Detection

N/A

250 fM

25 fM–250 nM

2010 [107]

CEA

250 fM

25 fM–250 nM

CEA

Lung Cancer

QDs

Antibody

Fluorescence

Detection

N/A

1.0 ng/mL

3–100 ng/mL

Serum

(n = 25)

2011 [108]

NSE

1.0 ng/mL

3–100 ng/mL

AFP

Lung Cancer

AuNPs

Antibody

LSPR

Serum

91 fM

10–106 fM

2015 [109]

CEA

94 fM

10–106 fM

PSA

10 fM

10–106 fM

AFP

Liver Cancer

CdSe/ZnS QDs

Antibody

SPR

Spectroscopy

Buffer

0.1 ng/mL

0.1–1000 ng/mL

2016 [110]

CEA

Colorectal Cancer

0.1 ng/mL

0.1–1000 ng/mL

CYFRA 21–1

Lung Cancer

0.1 ng/mL

0.1–1000 ng/mL

PSA

Cancer

SiNPs

(w/ SiC@Ag Substrate)

Antibody

SERS

Spectroscopy

N/A

1.79 fg/mL

10–4–10–1 ng/mL

Serum

(n = 5)

2016 [70]

AFP

0.46 fg/mL

10–4–10–1 ng/mL

CA 19–9

1.3 × 10−3 U/mL

10–1–103 U/mL

CEA

Lung Cancer

QDs

Antibody

Fluorescence

Detection

N/A

38 pg/mL

3.9–125.0 ng/mL

2016 [111]

CYFRA 21–1

364 pg/mL

3.9–62.5 ng/mL

NSE

370 pg/mL

3.9–62.5 ng/mL

AFP

Cancer

AuNPs and UCNPs

Aptamer

SERS

Spectroscopy

Buffer

0.059 aM

1–100 aM

2017 [112]

Mucin-1

4.1 aM

0.01–10 fM

AFP

Cancer

Magnetic GQDs

Antibody

Fluorescence

Detection

N/A

0.06 pg/mL

0.2–680 pg/mL

2017 [113]

CA-125

0.001 ng/mL

0.003–25 ng/mL

AFP

Cancer

CdZnTeS QDs

(+ Magnetic NPs)

Antibody

ECL

Detection

Buffer

0.1 fg/mL

0.5–20 ng/mL

Serum

(n = 3)

2018 [114]

CA-125

0.03 mU/mL

0.1–500 U/mL

cTnl

Heart Failure

Au@AgNPs

(+ Magnetic NPs)

Antibody

SERS

Spectroscopy

N/A

0.6396 ng/mL

0–100 ng/mL

Serum

(n = 50)

2020 [115]

Heart-type fatty acid binding protein

0.0044 ng/mL

0–1 ng/mL

CEA

Cancer

QD-encoded Polymer Microsphere

Antibody

Fluorescence

Detection

N/A

0.138 ng/mL

N/A

2022 [116]

CA-125

1.60 KU/L

N/A

CA 19-9

0.92 KU/L

N/A

CA 72-4

1.06 KU/L

N/A

CA 125

Oral Cancer

AuNPs

Antibody

LSPR

Buffer

1.6 U/mL

5–320 U/mL

2022 [117]

CYFRA 21-1

0.84 ng/mL

0.496–48.4 ng/mL

CEA

Cancer

Porous Au–Ag NPs

Antibody

SERS

Spectroscopy

N/A

1.22 × 10−8 ng/mL

10−7–103 ng/mL

2023 [118]

AFP

2.47 × 10−5 ng/mL

10−4–103 ng/mL

  1. aThe healthy donors’ biofluids, which are utilized to make model samples by spiking known concentrations of target analytes (e.g., recovery tests), are excluded here. To avoid confusion, we added only the biofluids obtained from actual patients (i.e., unknown samples) as “clinical samples” in this table