Advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for the study of apoptosis

YX Ye, JC Pan, HC Wang, XT Zhang, HL Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Apoptosis, as type I cell death, is an active death process strictly controlled by multiple
genes, and plays a significant role in regulating various activities. Mounting research …

Mesoporous carbon in biomedicine: Modification strategies and biocompatibility

Y Zhang, Z Li, Z Zhao, Y Li, Z Liu, S Sun - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
As a new inorganic material, mesoporous carbon (MCNs) nanomaterials integrate the
advantages of a mesoporous structure and carbonaceous composition, and have shown …

Caspase-3-responsive fluorescent/photoacoustic imaging of tumor apoptosis

J Liu, F Wu, M Wang, M Tao, Z Liu, Z Hai - Analytical chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Caspase-3 is an essential executor in apoptosis, and its activation has been regarded as a
biomarker of cell apoptosis. The development of Caspase-3-responsive multimodal probes …

A mitochondria-targeted molecular phototheranostic platform for NIR-II imaging-guided synergistic photothermal/photodynamic/immune therapy

S Yang, G Wu, N Li, M Wang, P Wu, Y He… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Phototherapy is a conducive and non-invasive strategy for cancer therapy under light
irradiation. Inspiringly, fluorescence imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II …

Carbon within carbon: growth of excitation-independent CDs within functional mesoporous carbon towards detection and adsorption of a specific nitrofuran class of …

S Yadav, N Choudhary, AR Paital - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The rampant use of antibiotics has led to significant environmental pollution and the
emergence of antibiotic resistance, necessitating effective detection and remediation …

Effect of silkworm pupa protein hydrolysates on proliferation of gastric cancer cells in vitro

W Li, L Mu, Y Zou, W Wang, H Zhao, X Wu, S Liao - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The proliferation inhibition effects of the hydrolysates from silkworm pupa proteins on MGC-
803 gastric cancer cells were investigated in this study. The specific morphological changes …

[HTML][HTML] Signal-on detection of caspase-3 with methylene blue-loaded metal-organic frameworks as signal reporters

Y Huang, J Wang, Y Xu, J Zhang, N Xia - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this work, we report on an electrochemical method for the signal-on detection of caspase-
3 and the evaluation of apoptosis based on the biotinylation reaction and the signal …

A biodegradable and cofactor self-sufficient aptazyme nanoprobe for amplified imaging of low-abundance protein in living cells

J Xu, L Yao, X Zhong, K Hu, S Zhao, Y Huang - Talanta, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the progress on the analysis of proteins either in vitro or in vivo, detection and
imaging of low-abundance proteins in living cells still remains challenging. Herein, a novel …

Multifunctional nanoprobes for the cancer cells pathophysiological processes sensing and imaging

L Liu, L Liu, Y Pan, S Wang, Y He, D Gong… - Applied Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Medical imaging technologies have become an important tool for studying
pathophysiological processes of cancer, providing high-resolution and high-contrast images …

Switch-on Fluorescence Analysis of Protease Activity with the Assistance of a Nickel Ion-Nitrilotriacetic Acid-Conjugated Magnetic Nanoparticle

X Ma, Y Lv, P Liu, Y Hao, N Xia - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heterogeneous protease biosensors show high sensitivity and selectivity but usually require
the immobilization of peptide substrates on a solid interface. Such methods exhibit the …