Near-infrared fluorophores for biomedical imaging

G Hong, AL Antaris, H Dai - Nature biomedical engineering, 2017 - nature.com
In vivo near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging is an emerging biomedical imaging
modality for use in both fundamental scientific research and clinical practice. Owing to …

Targeting nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapy of bone tumors: Opportunities and challenges

X Gao, L Li, X Cai, Q Huang, J **ao, Y Cheng - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
A variety of targeted nanoparticles were developed for the diagnosis and therapy of
orthotopic and metastatic bone tumors during the past decade. This critical review will focus …

Superoxide radical photogenerator with amplification effect: surmounting the achilles' heels of photodynamic oncotherapy

M Li, T **ong, J Du, R Tian, M **ao, L Guo… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Strong oxygen dependence, poor tumor targeting, and limited treatment depth have been
considered as the “Achilles' heels” facing the clinical usage of photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

Tissue-specific near-infrared fluorescence imaging

EA Owens, M Henary, G El Fakhri… - Accounts of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence light has been widely utilized in clinical
imaging by providing surgeons highly specific images of target tissue. The “NIR window” …

Phototheranostics for multifunctional treatment of cancer with fluorescence imaging

X Yin, Y Cheng, Y Feng, WR Stiles, SH Park… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phototheranostics stem from the recent advances in nanomedicines and bioimaging to
diagnose and treat human diseases. Since tumors' diversity, heterogeneity, and instability …

De novo design of phototheranostic sensitizers based on structure-inherent targeting for enhanced cancer ablation

M Li, S Long, Y Kang, L Guo, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Structure-inherent targeting (SIT) agents are of particular importance for clinical precision
medicine; however, there still exists a great lack of SIT phototheranostics for simultaneous …

Nile red and nile blue: applications and syntheses of structural analogues

V Martinez, M Henary - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nile red and Nile blue are highly fluorescent and photostable organic dyes from the benzo
[a] phenoxazine family. They have been used as histological stains for imaging lysosomes …

Smart self‐assembly amphiphilic cyclopeptide‐dye for near‐infrared window‐II imaging

H Chen, K Shou, S Chen, C Qu, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of novel nanomaterials for disease theranostics represents an
important direction in chemistry and precision medicine. Fluorescent molecular probes in the …

Peroxynitrite activatable NIR-II fluorescent molecular probe for drug-induced hepatotoxicity monitoring

D Li, S Wang, Z Lei, C Sun, AM El-Toni… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Drug-induced hepatotoxicity represents an important challenge for safety in drug
development. The production of peroxynitrite (ONOO–) is proposed as an early sign in the …

Next generation NIR fluorophores for tumor imaging and fluorescence-guided surgery: A review

A Haque, MSH Faizi, JA Rather, MS Khan - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer is a group of diseases responsible for the major causes of mortality and morbidity
among people of all ages. Even though medical sciences have made enormous growth …