Macrophages are extremely heterogeneous and plastic cells with an important role not only
in physiological conditions, but also during inflammation (both for initiation and resolution) …

Live cell discrimination is the first and essential step to understand complex biosystems.
Conventional cell discrimination involving various antibodies relies on selective surface …

The ability to gain spatiotemporal information, and in some cases achieve spatiotemporal
control, in the context of drug delivery makes theranostic fluorescent probes an attractive …

Natural killer (NK) cells are immune cells that can kill certain types of cancer cells. Adoptive
transfer of NK cells represents a promising immunotherapy for malignant tumours; however …

Theranostic systems are receiving ever-increasing attention due to their potential
therapeutic utility, imaging enhancement capability, and promise for advancing the field of …

Proteases are enzymes capable of catalyzing protein breakdown, which is critical across
many biological processes. There are several families of proteases, each of which perform …

Tissue macrophages are crucial players in homeostasis, inflammation, and immunity. They
are characterized by heterogeneity and plasticity, due to which they display a continuum of …

Bioorthogonal late-stage diversification of amino acids and peptides bears enormous
potential for drug discovery and molecular imaging. Despite major accomplishments, these …

The transport and trafficking of metabolites are critical for the correct functioning of live cells.
However, in situ metabolic imaging studies are hampered by the lack of fluorescent …

Recent advances in optical bioimaging have prompted the need for minimal chemical
reporters that can retain the molecular recognition properties and activity profiles of …