Aptamer Applications in Neuroscience

2021-12-01
Ozturk, Meric
Nilsen-Hamilton, Marit
İlgü, Müslüm
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Being the predominant cause of disability, neurological diseases have received much attention from the global health community. Over a billion people suffer from one of the following neurological disorders: dementia, epilepsy, stroke, migraine, meningitis, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, prion disease, or brain tumors. The diagnosis and treatment options are limited for many of these diseases. Aptamers, being small and non-immunogenic nucleic acid molecules that are easy to chemically modify, offer potential diagnostic and theragnostic applications to meet these needs. This review covers pioneering studies in applying aptamers, which shows promise for future diagnostics and treatments of neurological disorders that pose increasingly dire worldwide health challenges.
aptamer, neuroscience, neurological diseases, neurological disorders, neurotoxins, cancer, IN-VITRO SELECTION, SURFACE-PLASMON RESONANCE, NUCLEIC-ACID APTAMERS, DNA-APTAMER, RNA APTAMERS, CAPILLARY-ELECTROPHORESIS, HUNTINGTONS-DISEASE, MUTANT HUNTINGTIN, RECENT TRENDS, DOPAMINE
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/96011
PHARMACEUTICALS
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M. Ozturk, M. Nilsen-Hamilton, and M. İlgü, “Aptamer Applications in Neuroscience,” PHARMACEUTICALS, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 0–0, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/96011.
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