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 …

Preparation of near-infrared AIEgen-active fluorescent probes for mapping amyloid-β plaques in brain tissues and living mice

C Yan, J Dai, Y Yao, W Fu, H Tian, WH Zhu, Z Guo - Nature protocols, 2023 - nature.com
Fibrillar aggregates of the amyloid-β protein (Aβ) are the main component of the senile
plaques found in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Development of probes …

An Activatable NIR‐II Fluorescent Reporter for In Vivo Imaging of Amyloid‐β Plaques

J Miao, M Miao, Y Jiang, M Zhao, Q Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence imaging in the second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) window holds great promise for
in vivo visualization of amyloid‐β (Aβ) pathology, which can facilitate characterization and …

Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology

G Wei, Z Su, NP Reynolds, P Arosio… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been
considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative …

Rational design of near-infrared aggregation-induced-emission-active probes: in situ mapping of amyloid-β plaques with ultrasensitivity and high-fidelity

W Fu, C Yan, Z Guo, J Zhang, H Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
High-fidelity mapping of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques is critical for the early detection of
Alzheimer's disease. However, in vivo probing of Aβ plaques by commercially available …

Fluorescent diagnostic probes in neurodegenerative diseases

J Zhou, P Jangili, S Son, MS Ji, M Won… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases are debilitating disorders that feature progressive and
selective loss of function or structure of anatomically or physiologically associated neuronal …

Hybrid rhodamine fluorophores in the visible/NIR region for biological imaging

L Wang, W Du, Z Hu, K Uvdal, L Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorophores and probes are invaluable for the visualization of the location and dynamics of
gene expression, protein expression, and molecular interactions in complex living systems …

Interrogating amyloid aggregates using fluorescent probes

A Aliyan, NP Cook, AA Martí - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Amyloids are a broad class of proteins and peptides that can misfold and assemble into long
unbranched fibrils with a cross-β conformation. These misfolding and aggregation events …

Multiscale optical and optoacoustic imaging of amyloid-β deposits in mice

R Ni, Z Chen, XL Deán-Ben, FF Voigt… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Deposits of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the brains of rodents can be analysed by invasive intravital
microscopy on a submillimetre scale, or via whole-brain images from modalities lacking the …

Advanced techniques for detecting protein misfolding and aggregation in cellular environments

Y Bai, S Zhang, H Dong, Y Liu, C Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation, a key contributor to the progression of numerous
neurodegenerative diseases, results in functional deficiencies and the creation of harmful …