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Overview

Dihua Shangguan is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology, supported by publications in related subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, and Plant Science.

Shangguan's main topics of research encompass advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, RNA interference and gene delivery, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, molecular sensors and ion detection, and nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics. Additional areas of interest include sulfur compounds in biology and prion diseases with protein misfolding.

Frequent collaborative partners in their research include Xiangjun Liu, Tao Bing, Xiangru Zhang, Jing Sheng, and Zhenhao Long, reflecting a sustained pattern of co-authorship across multiple studies.

The scientist has published regularly in several journals with recurrent appearances in:

  • ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • The Analyst

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dihua Shangguan include:

  • Immunomodulatory Effects of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide Extract and Its Uptake Behaviors at the Cellular Level, 2020, Molecules
  • Thiazole Orange Styryl Derivatives as Fluorescent Probes for G-Quadruplex DNA, 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Ratiometric detection and imaging of hydrogen sulfide in mitochondria based on a cyanine/naphthalimide hybrid fluorescent probe, 2020, The Analyst
  • Detection of Circulating Tumor-Related Materials by Aptamer Capturing and Endogenous Enzyme-Signal Amplification, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • A DNA Aptameric Ligand of Human Transferrin Receptor Generated by Cell-SELEX, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Aptamers evolved from live cells as effective molecular probes for cancer study

    Dihua Shangguan;Ying Li;Zhiwen Tang;Zehui Charles Cao

  • Development of DNA aptamers using Cell-SELEX

    Kwame Sefah;Dihua Shangguan;Dihua Shangguan;Xiangling Xiong;Meghan B O'Donoghue

  • Selection of aptamers for molecular recognition and characterization of cancer cells.

    Zhiwen Tang;Dihua Shangguan;Kemin Wang;Hui Shi

  • Aptamer-Conjugated Nanoparticles for Selective Collection and Detection of Cancer Cells

    Joshua K Herr;Joshua E Smith;Colin D Medley;Dihua Shangguan

  • Cell-specific aptamer probes for membrane protein elucidation in cancer cells.

    Dihua Shangguan;Zehui Cao;Ling Meng;Prabodhika Mallikaratchy

  • Molecular assembly of an aptamer-drug conjugate for targeted drug delivery to tumor cells.

    Yu Fen Huang;Dihua Shangguan;Haipeng Liu;Joseph A. Phillips

  • Carbon Dots Based Dual-Emission Silica Nanoparticles as a Ratiometric Nanosensor for Cu2+

    Xiangjun Liu;Nan Zhang;Tao Bing;Dihua Shangguan

  • General Peroxidase Activity of G-Quadruplex−Hemin Complexes and Its Application in Ligand Screening

    Xiaohong Cheng;Xiangjun Liu;Tao Bing;Zehui Cao

  • Identification of Liver Cancer-Specific Aptamers Using Whole Live Cells

    Dihua Shangguan;Ling Meng;Zehui Charles Cao;Zeyu Xiao

  • Aptamer-conjugated nanoparticles for the collection and detection of multiple cancer cells.

    Joshua E. Smith;Colin D. Medley;Zhiwen Tang;Dihua Shangguan

  • Aptamer Directly Evolved from Live Cells Recognizes Membrane Bound Immunoglobin Heavy Mu Chain in Burkitt's Lymphoma Cells

    Prabodhika Mallikaratchy;Zhiwen Tang;Sefah Kwame;Ling Meng

  • Cell-specific internalization study of an aptamer from whole cell selection.

    Zeyu Xiao;Zeyu Xiao;Dihua Shangguan;Zehui Cao;Xiaohong Fang

  • Molecular recognition of small-cell lung cancer cells using aptamers.

    Hui William Chen;Colin D. Medley;Kwame Sefah;Dihua Shangguan

  • Molecular recognition of acute myeloid leukemia using aptamers.

    K Sefah;Z W Tang;D H Shangguan;H Chen

  • Optimization and Modifications of Aptamers Selected from Live Cancer Cell Lines

    Dihua Shangguan;Zhiwen Tang;Prabodika Mallikaratchy;Zeyu Xiao

  • Dual-Ratiometric Target-Triggered Fluorescent Probe for Simultaneous Quantitative Visualization of Tumor Microenvironment Protease Activity and pH in Vivo

    Tiancong Ma;Yi Hou;Jianfeng Zeng;Chunyan Liu

  • A Cyanine Dye to Probe Mitophagy: Simultaneous Detection of Mitochondria and Autolysosomes in Live Cells

    Ying Liu;Jin Zhou;Jin Zhou;Linlin Wang;Xiaoxiao Hu

  • Recognition of subtype non-small cell lung cancer by DNA aptamers selected from living cells

    Zilong Zhao;Li Xu;Xiaoli Shi;Weihong Tan

  • Aptamers Evolved from Cultured Cancer Cells Reveal Molecular Differences of Cancer Cells in Patient Samples

    Dihua Shangguan;Zehui Charles Cao;Ying Li;Weihong Tan

  • A turn-on fluorescent sensor for zinc and cadmium ions based on perylene tetracarboxylic diimide

    Xiangjun Liu;Nan Zhang;Jin Zhou;Tianjun Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Weihong Tan
Weihong Tan Hunan University
Jin Zhou
Jin Zhou Shandong University of Technology
Ying Li
Ying Li Texas A&M University
Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng National Institutes of Health
Yang Liu
Yang Liu James Cook University
Zhiyong Chen
Zhiyong Chen University of Newcastle Australia
Mingyuan Gao
Mingyuan Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jing Liu
Jing Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Li Qi
Li Qi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Juan Li
Juan Li Sichuan University

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