Aptamer-conjugated upconversion nanoprobes assisted by magnetic separation for effective isolation and sensitive detection of circulating tumor cells

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1327-1336

  Fang, Shuai ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Xiang, Jian ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a   Song, Xuejiao ^a   Xu, Ligeng ^a   Peng, Rui ^a   Liu, Zhuang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aptamer; circulating tumar cell (CTC) detection; magnetic nanoparticles; upconversion nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027929595     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0497-9     Document Type: Article

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