Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery

DM Mitrea, M Mittasch, BF Gomes, IA Klein… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, membraneless assemblies known as biomolecular condensates have
been reported to play key roles in many cellular functions by compartmentalizing specific …

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 …

Aggfluor: fluorogenic toolbox enables direct visualization of the multi-step protein aggregation process in live cells

CH Wolstenholme, H Hu, S Ye, BE Funk… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aberrantly processed or mutant proteins misfold and assemble into a variety of soluble
oligomers and insoluble aggregates, a process that is associated with an increasing number …

Miniaturized chemical tags for optical imaging

S Benson, F De Moliner, W Tipping… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in optical bioimaging have prompted the need for minimal chemical
reporters that can retain the molecular recognition properties and activity profiles of …

Xanthone-based solvatochromic fluorophores for quantifying micropolarity of protein aggregates

L Wang, CH Hsiung, X Liu, S Wang, A Loredo… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Proper three-dimensional structures are essential for maintaining the functionality of proteins
and for avoiding pathological consequences of improper folding. Misfolding and …

Bringing vibrational imaging to chemical biology with molecular probes

J Du, H Wang, L Wei - 2022 - ACS Publications
As an emerging optical imaging modality, stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy
provides invaluable opportunities for chemical biology studies using its rich chemical …

Quantitative stimulated Raman scattering microscopy: promises and pitfalls

B Manifold, D Fu - Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Since its first demonstration, stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy has become a
powerful chemical imaging tool that shows promise in numerous biological and biomedical …

Raman spectroscopy on brain disorders: transition from fundamental research to clinical applications

JC Ranasinghe, Z Wang, S Huang - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Brain disorders such as brain tumors and neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are
accompanied by chemical alterations in the tissues. Early diagnosis of these diseases will …

Observation of liquid–liquid phase separation of ataxin-3 and quantitative evaluation of its concentration in a single droplet using Raman microscopy

K Murakami, S Kajimoto, D Shibata, K Kuroi, F Fujii… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays an important role in a variety of biological
processes and is also associated with protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases …

Unveiling cancer metabolism through spontaneous and coherent Raman spectroscopy and stable isotope probing

J Xu, T Yu, CE Zois, JX Cheng, Y Tang, AL Harris… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Raman spectroscopy and imaging are label-free, non-destructive
techniques to study cellular metabolism with subcellular spatial resolution. This review …