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Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) served as the transduction mechanism measuring the current output derived from the redox coupling reaction. The biosensor was a three-electrode electrochemical system, and the working and counter electrodes were 50 nm thin gold film deposited by a sputtering technique. The reference electrode was a thick-film printed Ag\/AgCl electrode. Laser ablation technique was used to define the size and structure of the biosensor. Cost-effective roll-to-roll manufacturing process was employed in the fabrication of the biosensor, making it simple and relatively inexpensive. Self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of 3-Mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) was employed to covalently immobilize the thiol group on the gold working electrode. A carbodiimide conjugation approach using N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N\u2032-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) and N\u2013hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) was undertaken for cross-linking antibody of \u03b2-amyloid 42 to the carboxylic groups on one end of the MPA. The antibody concentration of \u03b2-amyloid 42 used was 18.75 \u00b5g\/mL. The concentration range of \u03b2-amyloid 42 in this study was from 0.0675 \u00b5g\/mL to 0.5 \u00b5g\/mL for both PBS and undiluted human serum. DPV measurements showed excellent response in this antigen concentration range. Interference study of this biosensor was carried out in the presence of Tau protein antigen. Excellent specificity of this \u03b2-amyloid 42 biosensor was demonstrated without interference from other species, such as T-tau protein.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/bios7030029","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,20]],"date-time":"2017-07-20T11:21:59Z","timestamp":1500549719000},"page":"29","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["In Vitro Quantified Determination of \u03b2-Amyloid 42 Peptides, a Biomarker of Neuro-Degenerative Disorders, in PBS and Human Serum Using a Simple, Cost-Effective Thin Gold Film Biosensor"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1009-5790","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yifan","family":"Dai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical &amp; Biomolecular Engineering and Electronics Design Center, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alireza","family":"Molazemhosseini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica \u201cGiulio Natta\u201d, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chung","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical &amp; Biomolecular Engineering and Electronics Design Center, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"20","DOI":"10.1186\/1750-1326-8-20","article-title":"Fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer\u2019s diseases-current concepts","volume":"8","author":"Rosen","year":"2013","journal-title":"Mol. 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