title: Prospects and advancements in C-reactive protein detection.
abstract: C-reactive protein (CRP) is one of the earliest proteins that appear in the blood circulation in most systemic inflammatory conditions and this is the reason for its significance, even after identification of many organ specific inflammatory markers which appear relatively late during the course of disease. Earlier methods of CRP detection were based on the classical methods of antigen-antibody interaction through precipitation and agglutination reactions. Later on, CRP based enzymatic assays came into the picture which were further modified by integration of an antigen-antibody detection system with surface plasma spectroscopy. Then came the time for the development of electrochemical biosensors where nanomaterials were used to make a highly sensitive and portable detection system based on silicon nanowire, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor/bipolar junction transistor, ZnS nanoparticle, aptamer, field emission transmitter, vertical flow immunoassay etc. This editorial attempts to summarize developments in the field of CRP detection, with a special emphasis on biosensor technology. This would help in translating the latest development in CRP detection in the clinical diagnosis of inflammatory conditions at an early onset of the diseases.
authors.affiliation: Pranjal Chandra, Pankaj Suman, Himangi Airon, Monalisa Mukherjee, Prabhanshu Kumar, Biomimetic Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201303, India.
authors.forename: Pranjal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.affiliation: Pranjal Chandra, Pankaj Suman, Himangi Airon, Monalisa Mukherjee, Prabhanshu Kumar, Biomimetic Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201303, India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suman
authors.affiliation: Pranjal Chandra, Pankaj Suman, Himangi Airon, Monalisa Mukherjee, Prabhanshu Kumar, Biomimetic Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201303, India.
authors.forename: Himangi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Airon
authors.affiliation: Pranjal Chandra, Pankaj Suman, Himangi Airon, Monalisa Mukherjee, Prabhanshu Kumar, Biomimetic Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201303, India.
authors.forename: Monalisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.affiliation: Pranjal Chandra, Pankaj Suman, Himangi Airon, Monalisa Mukherjee, Prabhanshu Kumar, Biomimetic Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201303, India.
authors.forename: Prabhanshu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Antibody; Biosensors; C-reactive protein; Diagnostic methods; Inflammation