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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Electroanalysis. 2016 Jun 7;28(11):2644–2658. doi: 10.1002/elan.201600183

Table 3.

Comparative summary of approaches for multiplex electrochemical detection of cancer biomarker proteins

Approach Label Biomarkers Detection Limit Linear Range Ref.
Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence QD-SiO2-Ab2 AFP 5 pg/mL 0.01–50 ng/mL [79]
CEA 6 pg/mL 0.01–50 ng/mL
PSA 3 pg/mL 0.01–50 ng/mL
RuBPY-Si-PLL-Ab2 CA 199 0.01 U/L 0.03–80 U/L [80]
CEA 0.02 pg/mL 0.05–100 pg/mL
Th-SiO2-Ab2 AFP NA 0.07–14 ng/mL [81]
PSA NA 0.0005–100 ng/mL
QDs-Ab2 AFP 0.4 fg/mL 1–100 fg/mL [82]
CEA 0.4 fg/mL 1–100 fg/mL
(P-acid)-NPS CEA 0.8 pg/mL 0.003–20 ng/mL [96]
PSA 1 pg/mL 0.001–10 ng/mL
RuBPY-SiO2-Ab2 IL-6 0.25 pg/mL 0.00025-2 ng/mL [83]
PSA 1 pg/mL 0.001–10 ng/mL
RuBPY-SiO2-Ab2 IL-6 100 fg/mL 0.0001-5 ng/mL [92]
PF-4 10 fg/mL 0.0001-5 ng/mL
PSA 50 fg/mL 0.0001-1 ng/mL
PSMA 100 fg/mL 0.0001-10 ng/mL
RuBPY-SiO2-Ab2 PF-4 420 fg/mL 0.0005-10 ng/mL [95]
PSA 300 fg/mL 0.0005-10 ng/mL
PSMA 535 fg/mL 0.0005-10 ng/mL
Differential Pulse Voltammetry AuNPs-HRP-Ab2 CA 153 0.2 kU/L 0.4–140 kU/L [43]
CA 125 0.5 kU/L 0.5–330 kU/L
CA 199 0.3 kU/L 0.8–190 kU/L
CEA 0.1 µg/L 0.1–44 µg/L
Fc-Au-HRP-Ab2 AFP 1 pg/mL 0.01–200 ng/mL [44]
Thi-Au-HRP-Ab2 CEA 1 pg/mL 0.01–80 ng/mL
HRP-Ab2 CA 19-9 0.2 U/mL 0.2–144 U/mL [42]
CA 125 0.4 U/mL 0.4–150 U/mL
CNT-AuNP-GOx-Ab2 AFP 2.2 pg/mL 0.0025–2.5 ng/mL [56]
CEA 1.4 pg/mL 0.0025–2.0 ng/mL
AuNP-HRP-Ab2 CA 153 0.06 U/mL 0.084–16 U/mL [58]
CA 125 0.03 U/mL 0.11–13 U/mL
CA 199 0.10 U/mL 0.16–15 U/mL
CEA 0.04 ng/mL 0.16–9.2 ng/mL
SiO2-GOx-Ab2 CEA 3.2 pg/mL 0.005-2 ng/mL [62]
AFP 4.0 pg/mL 0.005-1 ng/mL
rGO-Au-Thi-Ab2 CEA 0.650 pg/mL 0.01–300 ng/mL [64]
rGO-Au-PB-Ab2 AFP 0.885 pg/mL 0.01–300 ng/mL
PtPNPs-Cd-Ab2 CEA 0.002 ng/mL 0.05–200 ng/mL [71]
PtPNPs-Cu-Ab2 AFP 0.05 ng/mL 0.05–200 ng/mL
PBNP-Au-Ab2 CEA 0.01 ng/mL 0.01–100 ng/mL [72]
Cd-Au-Ab2 AFP 0.006 ng/mL 0.01–100 ng/mL
Stripping Voltammetry AuNP-Ab2 CEA 3.5 pg/mL 5–5000 pg/mL [67]
AFP 3.9 pg/mL 5–5000 pg/mL
CNT-Ag-Ab2 CEA 0.093 pg/mL 0.1–5000 pg/mL
AFP 0.061 pg/mL 0.1–5000 pg/mL [70]
SA-Au-CNH-Ab2 AFP 0.024 pg/mL 0.1–1000 pg/mL
CEA 0.032 pg/mL 0.1–1000 pg/mL [73]