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A Rapid and Robust Diagnostic for Liver Fibrosis Using a Multichannel Polymer Sensor Array.


ABSTRACT: Liver disease is the fifth most common cause of premature death in the Western world, with the irreversible damage caused by fibrosis, and ultimately cirrhosis, a primary driver of mortality. Early detection of fibrosis would facilitate treatment of the underlying liver disease to limit progression. Unfortunately, most cases of liver disease are diagnosed late, with current strategies reliant on invasive biopsy or fragile lab-based antibody technologies. A robust, fully synthetic fluorescent-polymer sensor array is reported, which, rapidly (in 45 minutes), detects liver fibrosis from low-volume serum samples with clinically relevant specificity and accuracy, using an easily readable diagnostic output. The simplicity, rapidity, and robustness of this method make it a promising platform for point-of-care diagnostics for detecting and monitoring liver disease.

SUBMITTER: Peveler WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6433391 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Rapid and Robust Diagnostic for Liver Fibrosis Using a Multichannel Polymer Sensor Array.

Peveler William J WJ   Landis Ryan F RF   Yazdani Mahdieh M   Day James W JW   Modi Raakesh R   Carmalt Claire J CJ   Rosenberg William M WM   Rotello Vincent M VM  

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 20180524 28


Liver disease is the fifth most common cause of premature death in the Western world, with the irreversible damage caused by fibrosis, and ultimately cirrhosis, a primary driver of mortality. Early detection of fibrosis would facilitate treatment of the underlying liver disease to limit progression. Unfortunately, most cases of liver disease are diagnosed late, with current strategies reliant on invasive biopsy or fragile lab-based antibody technologies. A robust, fully synthetic fluorescent-pol  ...[more]

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