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Selection of Nucleic Acid Aptamers Targeting Tumor Cell-Surface Protein Biomarkers

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Mercier, Marie-Cécile, Dontenwill, Monique, Choulier, Laurence·2017·Cancers

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Aptamers are nucleic acids referred to as chemical antibodies as they bind to their specific targets with high affinity and selectivity. They are selected via an iterative process known as ‘selective evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment’ (SELEX). Aptamers have been developed against numerous cancer targets and among them, many tumor cell-membrane protein biomarkers. The identification of aptamers targeting cell-surface proteins has mainly been performed by two different strategies: protein- and cell-based SELEX, when the targets used for selection were proteins and cells, respectively. This review aims to update the literature on aptamers targeting tumor cell surface protein biomarkers, highlighting potentials, pitfalls of protein- and cell-based selection processes and applications of such selected molecules. Aptamers as promising agents for diagnosis and therapeutic approaches in oncology are documented, as well as aptamers in clinical development.

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Authors
Mercier, M.-C., Dontenwill, M., & Choulier, L.
Affiliations
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Choulier, Laurence
Venue
Cancers
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2017-06-21
Volume
9
Issue
6
Pages
69
ISSN
2072-6694 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2721117256
Cited by
113
References
233
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 5
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1.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Cancers (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-SATT-0001)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
Keywords
aptamers, SELEX, cancer diagnosis, cancer therapeutics

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