Ultrabright renal-clearable cyanine-protein nanoprobes for high-quality NIR-II angiography and lymphography

J Xu, T Han, Y Wang, F Zhang, M Li, L Bai, X Wang… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The renal-clearable aspect of imaging agent with minimum toxicity issues and side effects is
essential for clinical translation, yet clinical near-infrared-I/II (NIR-I/II) fluorophores with timely …

Near‐Infrared Fluorophores Based on Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes: From Their Synthesis and Photophysical Properties to Recent Optical Sensing and Bioimaging …

NG Medeiros, CA Braga, VS Câmara… - Asian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes diverse synthetic methodologies to prepare a wide range of
heptamethine cyanine dyes, including symmetrical, unsymmetrical, and meso‐substituted …

[HTML][HTML] Super-stable cyanine@ albumin fluorophore for enhanced NIR-II bioimaging

L Bai, Z Hu, T Han, Y Wang, J Xu, G Jiang, X Feng… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Near-infrared-II (NIR-II) dyes could be encapsulated by either exogenous or
endogenous albumin to form stable complexes for deep tissue bioimaging. However, we still …

Site-specific albumin tagging with chloride-containing near-infrared cyanine dyes: molecular engineering, mechanism, and imaging applications

Q Su, Y Zhang, S Zhu - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Near-infrared dyes, particularly cyanine dyes, have shown great potential in biomedical
imaging due to their deep tissue penetration, high resolution, and minimal tissue …

Role of albumin in accumulation and persistence of tumor-seeking cyanine dyes

SM Usama, GK Park, S Nomura, Y Baek… - Bioconjugate …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Some heptamethine cyanine dyes accumulate in solid tumors in vivo and persist there for
several days. The reasons why they accumulate and persist in tumors were incompletely …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific albumin tagging with NIR-II fluorogenic dye for high-performance and super-stable bioimaging

N Zhu, J Xu, Q Su, T Han, D Zhou, Y Zhang, S Zhu - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Synthetic near-infrared-II (NIR-II) dyes are promising for deep tissue imaging, yet they are
generally difficult to target a given biomolecule with high specificity. Furthermore, the …

Multifunctional near-infrared dye IR-817 encapsulated in albumin nanoparticles for enhanced imaging and photothermal therapy in melanoma

J Wang, H Liao, J Ban, S Li, X Xiong, Q He… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Near-infrared cyanine dyes have high sensitivity and spatial resolution imaging
capabilities, but they also have unavoidable drawbacks such as photobleaching, low water …

[HTML][HTML] Albumin-seeking dyes with adjustable assemblies in situ enable programmable imaging windows and targeting tumor imaging

Y Du, J Xu, T Han, Z Jiang, Y Zhang, J Li, X Chen… - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cyanine dyes are widely used organic probes for in vivo imaging due to their tunable
fluorescence. They can form complexes with endogenous albumin, resulting in enhanced …

Elucidating the cellular uptake mechanisms of heptamethine cyanine dye analogues for their use as an anticancer drug‐carrier molecule for the treatment of …

E Cooper, PJ Choi, K Hwang, KM Nam… - Chemical biology & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of chemotherapies for glioblastoma is hindered by their limited
bioavailability and toxicity on normal brain function. To overcome these limitations, we …

Conjugation of Palbociclib with MHI-148 has an increased cytotoxic effect for breast cancer cells and an altered mechanism of action

PJ Choi, P Tomek, M Tercel, J Reynisson, TIH Park… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib, combined with endocrine therapy, has been shown to be
effective in postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative …