Recent advances in fluorescent probes for lipid droplets

Y Zhao, W Shi, X Li, H Ma - Chemical Communications, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Lipid droplets (LDs) have been known as a non-negligible cellular organelle for lipid storage
and metabolism. Fluorescent probes for imaging LDs would be paramount for depicting their …

Lipid Droplet-Specific Fluorescent Probe for In Vivo Visualization of Polarity in Fatty Liver, Inflammation, and Cancer Models

L Fan, X Wang, Q Zan, L Fan, F Li, Y Yang… - Analytical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Elucidating the intrinsic relationship between diseases and lipid droplet (LD) polarity
remains a great challenge owing to the lack of the research on multiple disease models …

Emerging designs of aggregation-induced emission luminogens for lipid droplets imaging

F Zhang, X Wu, B Liu, T Han, D Yan, D Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Lipid droplets (LDs) are organelles that have evolved to store intracellular neutral lipids and
maintain cellular energy homeostasis. Once considered as inert fat particles, they have …

Versatile organic fluorescent probes for visualizing the dynamics of lipid droplets

M Cao, Y Liu, C **ang, G Zheng, Q **ong… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Lipid droplets (LDs) have recently garnered significant attention due to their pivotal roles in
life and diseases. Thus, seeking suitable tools to visualize the dynamics of LDs and reveal …

A near-infrared probe for specific imaging of lipid droplets in living cells

X Wu, X Wang, Y Li, F Kong, K Xu, L Li… - Analytical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Lipid droplets (LDs) are involved in various physiological processes and associated with
cancer development, and are regarded as a potential tumor marker for cancer diagnosis …

A lipid droplet-targeted multifunctional AIE-active fluorescent probe for hydrogen peroxide detection and imaging-guided photodynamic therapy

X Li, W Xu, Z Yang, S Li, X Gu, T Yuan, C Li… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Recent developments of activatable photosensitizers (aPSs) invigorate photodynamic
therapy by enhancing sensitivity towards cancer cells and avoiding constant phototoxicity …

Solvatochromic Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe Enables In Situ Lipid Droplet Multidynamics Tracking for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver and Inflammation Diagnoses

H Huang, Y Bu, ZP Yu, M Rong, R Li, Z Wang… - Analytical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Intracellular lipid storage and regulation occur in lipid droplets, which are of great
significance to the physiological activities of cells. Herein, a lipid droplet-specific …

Two-photon excitation photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy: From small-molecules to nano-complex systems

V Juvekar, DJ Lee, TG Park, R Samanta… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Two-photon excitation photodynamic therapy (TP-PDT), which uses near-infrared light (>
700 nm) as an excitation source, is an essential approach for modern deep-tissue …