Rebeca Miranda-Castro

Dr. Rebeca Miranda-Castro

Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 September 2017 in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
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SBSusana Barreda-García
Susana Barreda-García
Rebeca Miranda-CastroRebeca Miranda-Castro
Rebeca Miranda-Castro
Noemí de-los-Santos-ÁlvarezNoemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Noemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
AMArturo J. Miranda-Ordieres
Arturo J. Miranda-Ordieres
Maria Jesus Lobo-CastañónMaria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
Maria Jesus Lobo-Castañón

4 May 2007 in Analytical Chemistry
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Rebeca Miranda-CastroRebeca Miranda-Castro
Rebeca Miranda-Castro
PDPatricia De-Los-Santos-Álvarez
Patricia De-Los-Santos-Álvarez
Maria Jesus Lobo-CastañónMaria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
Maria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
AMArturo J. Miranda-Ordieres
Arturo J. Miranda-Ordieres
PTPaulino Tuñón-Blanco
Paulino Tuñón-Blanco

1 August 2020 in Analytica Chimica Acta
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Ana Díaz-FernándezAna Díaz-Fernández
Ana Díaz-Fernández
Ramón Lorenzo-GómezRamón Lorenzo-Gómez
Ramón Lorenzo-Gómez
Rebeca Miranda-CastroRebeca Miranda-Castro
Rebeca Miranda-Castro
Noemí de-los-Santos-ÁlvarezNoemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Noemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Maria Jesus Lobo-CastañónMaria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
Maria Jesus Lobo-Castañón

1 March 2019 in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
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Ana Díaz-FernándezAna Díaz-Fernández
Ana Díaz-Fernández
Rebeca Miranda-CastroRebeca Miranda-Castro
Rebeca Miranda-Castro
Noemí de-los-Santos-ÁlvarezNoemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Noemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
EREloy Fernández Rodríguez
Eloy Fernández Rodríguez
Maria Jesus Lobo-CastañónMaria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
Maria Jesus Lobo-Castañón

1 November 2021 in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
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RSRaquel Sánchez-Salcedo
Raquel Sánchez-Salcedo
Rebeca Miranda-CastroRebeca Miranda-Castro
Rebeca Miranda-Castro
Noemí de-los-Santos-ÁlvarezNoemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Noemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Maria Jesus Lobo-CastañónMaria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
Maria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
The prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is the gold standard for the screening of prostate cancer (PCa), despite its limited clinical specificity. Long noncoding RNAs are released from the tumor tissue to the urine and show great potential for improving specificity in PCa diagnosis. This work reports on a sandwich-type hybridization assay to detect both the urinary biomarker prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) and an endogenous control, the PSA mRNA. Multiple fluorescein-tagged hybridization assistant probes are used to promote the selective capture of this long noncoding RNA, and sensitivity by incorporating multiple redox enzymes per target molecule, after addition of antifluorescein Fab fragment-peroxidase conjugate. This strategy alleviates the problems associated with the low natural abundance of this marker, its large size, and complex secondary structure. The individual genosensors exhibit good sensitivity (2.48 ± 0.01 μA nM-1 and 6.4 ± 0.3 μA nM-1 for PCA3 and PSA, respectively), with wide linear ranges (from 25 pM to 10 nM for PCA3 and 1 nM for PSA), and detection limits in the low picomolar range (4.4 pM and 1.5 pM for PCA3 and PSA, respectively). This analytical performance is retained in the dual configuration without significant cross-talk, despite using the same enzyme label. The usefulness of this dual platform was demonstrated by analyzing RNA extracts from the prostate cancer cell line LNCaP and from urine samples of prostate cancer patients.

1 March 2021 in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
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Ana Díaz-FernándezAna Díaz-Fernández
Ana Díaz-Fernández
Rebeca Miranda-CastroRebeca Miranda-Castro
Rebeca Miranda-Castro
Noemí de-los-Santos-ÁlvarezNoemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Noemí de-los-Santos-Álvarez
Maria Jesus Lobo-CastañónMaria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
Maria Jesus Lobo-Castañón
Pedro EstrelaPedro Estrela
Pedro Estrela