Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been considered a noninvasive and cost-effective
modality for tumor treatment. However, the complexity of tumor microenvironments poses …

Over the past 20 years, protein engineering has been extensively used to improve and
modify the fundamental properties of fluorescent proteins (FPs) with the goal of adapting …

Mitophagy is a cellular quality control pathway in which the E3 ubiquitin ligase parkin targets
damaged mitochondria for degradation by autophagosomes. We examined the role of …

Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and its homologs from
diverse marine animals are widely used as universal genetically encoded fluorescent labels …

Synergistic phototherapy stands for superior treatment prospects than a single
phototherapeutic modality. However, the combined photosensitizers often suffer from …

Photoinduced reactions play an important role in the photocycle of fluorescent proteins from
the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family. Among such processes are photoisomerization …

Fluorescent proteins (FPs) from the GFP family have become indispensable as marker tools
for imaging live cells, tissues and entire organisms. A wide variety of these proteins have …

Singlet oxygen (1O2), molecular oxygen in the lowest excited state, has a critical role in the
cell-killing mechanism of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Although 1O2 phosphorescence …

We established a conditional site-specific recombination system based on dimerizable Cre
recombinase− mediated recombination in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii …

Synapse loss occurs normally during development and pathologically during
neurodegenerative disease. Long-term depression, a proposed physiological correlate of …