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ReviewACS measurement science au2026

Epitope-Imprinted Polymers for Selective Recognition of Bacterial Proteins: From Design to Analytical Applications.

Ahmed S El-Tahlawy, Mohamed Aly Saad Aly, Stefano Cinti, Aziz Amine, Waleed Alahmad

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Review in ACS measurement science au, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ahmed S El-TahlawyDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4506-0168
Mohamed Aly Saad AlySchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0091-2467
Stefano CintiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8274-7452
Aziz AmineDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7909-2224
Waleed AlahmadDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1379-8755

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epitope-imprinted polymers (EIPs) represent an advanced evolution of molecular imprinting technology for selective bacterial recognition. By using short, surface-exposed peptide fragments derived from bacterial proteins rather than whole cells or full-length proteins, EIPs enable the formation of structurally defined and chemically robust recognition cavities with improved accessibility, stability, and reproducibility. To the best of our knowledge, this review provides the first dedicated and focused overview of EIPs in bacterial detection. The fundamental principles of epitope imprinting are discussed, including rational epitope selection, computational modeling, monomer optimization, imprinting strategies (bulk, surface, nanoMIP, and electropolymerization), and template removal approaches. Representative applications targeting clinically significant pathogens such as

Indexed as

bacterial detectionbiosensorselectropolymerizationepitope-imprinted polymersmolecular imprintingpoint-of-care diagnosticsreal-time sensingselective recognition

Identifiers

PMID42326853
PMCPMC13281184

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