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. 2020 Nov 20;10(11):186. doi: 10.3390/bios10110186

Table 5.

Current sensitive electrochemical biosensors using free RedOx indicator.

MicroRNA Free RedOx Indicator Platform Amplification Agent Technique Linear Range/LOD LOD Real-Samples Application References
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- AuE biotin-FNPs EIS 0.1–250 fM 0.1 fM - [181]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- GCE AuNPs EIS 1–1000 pM 0.3 pM Spiked serum sample [182]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- Magnetic GCE DSN EIS - 60 aM Human serum from breast cancer patients [171]
miRNA-199a-5p Fe(CN)63−/4- GCE/GO/GNR GO and GNR EIS 148 pM–15 fM 4.5 fM Spiked human blood serum [164]
miRNA-155 Fe(CN)63−/4- Pt wire/Ti3C2Tx@FePcQDs Ti3C2Tx@FePcQDs EIS 0.01 fM–10 pM 4.3 aM Spiked human serum samples [165]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- AuE HCR EIS 10 fM–50 pM 4.63 fM A549, HeLa, MCF-7, RAW 264.7, and HUVEC cancer cells [170]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- SPE/rGO-Au - DPV 1 µM–1 pM 1pM Spiked artificial saliva [183]
miRNA-319a Fe(CN)63−/4- GCE/AuNPs nuclease S1 DPV 1000–5 pM 1.8 pM - [184]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- FTO/NFG/AgNPs/PANI - DPV 10 fM–10 μM 0.2 fM Spiked blood samples [175]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- FTO/CGO/Au-PtBNPs/SA - DPV 1 fM–1 μM 1 fM spiked human serum [174]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4- GCE/MWCNTs TRNEAS DPV 0.1 fM–5 pM 56.7 aM MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, HeLa, and L02 cell [173]
hsa-miR-486-5p Fe(CN)63−/4- Laser induced graphene - DPV 10 fM - [177]
miRNA-375 Fe(CN)63−/4- AuE - SWV 10–30 fM 11.7 aM CaP
cells (PC-3, DU145, and LNCaP)
[185]
miRNA [Ru(NH3)6]3+/2+ GCE/Ni PFNs - EIS 0.1–2500 pM 0.034 pM A549 cancer cells [179]
let-7a [Ru(NH3)6]3+/2+ GCE/CNTs CNT based solid-phase RCA DPV 1.2 fM HeLa cells [186]
miRNA-21 Fe(CN)63−/4−/[Ru(NH3)6]3+/2+ ITO - DPV 0.1–1500 fM 33 aM HeLa, A549, MCF-7 cancer cells [180]

Abbreviations: HCR, hybridization chain reaction; FTO, fluorine-doped tin oxide; NFG, nitrogen-doped functionalized graphene; AgNPs, silver nanoparticles; PANI, polyaniline; CGO, carboxylated graphene oxide; Au-PtBNPs, gold platinum bimetallic nanoparticles; SA, streptavidine; GCE, glassy carbon electrode; MWCNTs, multi-walled-carbone nanotube; AuE, gold electrode; MGCE, magnetic glassy carbon electrode; GO, graphene oxide; Fe(CN)63−/4, ferri/ferrocyanide; DPV, differential pulse voltammetry; MDA-MB-231, human breast cancer cell lines; MCF-7, human breast adenocarcinoma cell line; HeLa, human cervical cancer cell line; and L02 cell; SWV, square wave voltammetry; DSN, duplex-specific nuclease; EIS, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; GNR, gold nanoroad; Pt wire/Ti3C2Tx@FePcQDs, platinium wire/iron phthalocyanine quantum dots; HUVEC, human umbilical vein endothelial; A549, non-small cell lung; RAW 264.7, mouse leukemia cells of monocyte-macrophage; biotin-FNPs, biotine-phenylalanine nanoparticles; Ni PFNs, nickel phosphate nanostructures; [Ru(NH3)6]3+/2+, hexaammineruthenium(III) chloride; TRNEAS, target-recycled non-enzymatic amplification strategy; ITO, indium tinoxide; PNT, peptide nanotube nanocomposite; biotin-FNPs, biotinylated phenylalanine nanoparticles; Au, gold; rGO, reduced graphene oxide; RCA, rolling-circle amplification.