Chemical strategies to engineer hydrogels for cell culture

J Lou, DJ Mooney - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional cell culture systems are widely used for biological
studies, and are the basis of the organoid, tissue engineering and organ-on-chip research …

Bioorthogonal chemistry

SL Scinto, DA Bilodeau, R Hincapie, W Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistry represents a class of high-yielding chemical reactions that proceed
rapidly and selectively in biological environments without side reactions towards …

Inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reactions in chemical biology

BL Oliveira, Z Guo, GJL Bernardes - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The emerging inverse electron demand Diels–Alder (IEDDA) reaction stands out from other
bioorthogonal reactions by virtue of its unmatchable kinetics, excellent orthogonality and …

Light-triggered click chemistry

GS Kumar, Q Lin - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The merging of click chemistry with discrete photochemical processes has led to the creation
of a new class of click reactions, collectively known as photoclick chemistry. These light …

Visible-light-mediated modification and manipulation of biomacromolecules

VM Lechner, M Nappi, PJ Deneny, S Folliet… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chemically modified biomacromolecules─ ie, proteins, nucleic acids, glycans, and lipids─
have become crucial tools in chemical biology. They are extensively used not only to …

Dual-locked enzyme-activatable bioorthogonal fluorescence turn-on imaging of senescent cancer cells

X Wang, SS Liew, J Huang, Y Hu… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bioorthogonal pretargeting optical imaging shows the potential for enhanced diagnosis and
prognosis. However, the bioorthogonal handles, known for being “always reactive”, may …

4CzIPN-tBu-Catalyzed Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer for Photosynthesis of Phosphorylated N-Heteroaromatics

Y Liu, XL Chen, XY Li, SS Zhu, SJ Li… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
2, 4, 5, 6-Tetrakis (3, 6-di-tert-butyl-9 H-carbazol-9-yl) isophthalonitrile (4CzIPN-t Bu) was
developed as a photocatalyst for the phosphorus-radical-initiated cascade cyclization …

Develo** bioorthogonal probes to span a spectrum of reactivities

SS Nguyen, JA Prescher - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal chemistries enable researchers to interrogate biomolecules in living systems.
These reactions are highly selective and biocompatible, and can be performed in many …

Light-activated tetrazines enable precision live-cell bioorthogonal chemistry

L Liu, D Zhang, M Johnson, NK Devaraj - Nature chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Bioorthogonal cycloaddition reactions between tetrazines and strained dienophiles are
widely used for protein, lipid and glycan labelling because of their extremely rapid kinetics …

Visible and near-infrared light-induced photoclick reactions

Y Fu, NA Simeth, W Szymanski… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Photoclick reactions combine the advantages offered by light-driven processes, that is, non-
invasive and high spatiotemporal control, with classical click chemistry and have found …