Xanthene, cyanine, oxazine and BODIPY: the four pillars of the fluorophore empire for super-resolution bioimaging

S Samanta, K Lai, F Wu, Y Liu, S Cai, X Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the realm of biological research, the invention of super-resolution microscopy (SRM) has
enabled the visualization of ultrafine sub-cellular structures and their functions in live cells at …

Recent advances in fluorescent probes for lipid droplets

Y Zhao, W Shi, X Li, H Ma - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lipid droplets (LDs) have been known as a non-negligible cellular organelle for lipid storage
and metabolism. Fluorescent probes for imaging LDs would be paramount for depicting their …

Chemical approaches to optimize the properties of organic fluorophores for imaging and sensing

G Jiang, H Liu, H Liu, G Ke, TB Ren… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Organic fluorophores are indispensable tools in cells, tissue and in vivo imaging, and have
enabled much progress in the wide range of biological and biomedical fields. However …

Exploiting the twisted intramolecular charge transfer effect to construct a wash-free solvatochromic fluorescent lipid droplet probe for fatty liver disease diagnosis

CJ Wu, XY Li, T Zhu, M Zhao, Z Song, S Li… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The prominent pathological feature of fatty liver disease lesions is excessive fat
accumulation in lipid droplets in hepatocytes. Thus, developing fluorescent lipid droplet …

A stable NIR fluorescent probe for imaging lipid droplets in triple-negative breast cancer

H Chen, S Guo, Y Liu, H Jiang, YX Liao, J Shen… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lipid droplets (LDs) are closely associated various diseases, such as liver diseases and
cancers. In the last decade, a mountain of fluorescent probes has been developed for LDs …

Engineering of a NIR fluorescent probe for high-fidelity tracking of lipid droplets in living cells and nonalcoholic fatty liver tissues

J Hong, Y Liu, X Tan, G Feng - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
LDs (Lipid droplets) are key organelles for lipid metabolism and storage, which are closely
related to ferroptosis and fatty liver. Due to its small size and highly dynamic nature …

Highly efficient red/NIR-emissive fluorescent probe with polarity-sensitive character for visualizing cellular lipid droplets and determining their polarity

G Peng, J Dai, R Zhou, G Liu, X Liu, X Yan… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lipid droplets (LDs), which are ubiquitous organelles existing in almost all eukaryotic cells,
have attracted a lot of attention in the field of cell biology over the last decade. For the …

Versatile organic fluorescent probes for visualizing the dynamics of lipid droplets

M Cao, Y Liu, C Xiang, G Zheng, Q Xiong… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2025 - Elsevier
Lipid droplets (LDs) have recently garnered significant attention due to their pivotal roles in
life and diseases. Thus, seeking suitable tools to visualize the dynamics of LDs and reveal …

Structure rigidification promoted ultrabright solvatochromic fluorescent probes for super-resolution imaging of cytosolic and nuclear lipid droplets

M Cao, T Zhu, M Zhao, F Meng, Z Liu, J Wang… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lipid droplets (LDs) containing cytosolic and nuclear LDs have recently received increasing
attention because of their diverse biological roles in living systems. However, developing …

An Acid‐Regulated Self‐Blinking Fluorescent Probe for Resolving Whole‐Cell Lysosomes with Long‐Term Nanoscopy

Q Qiao, W Liu, J Chen, X Wu, F Deng… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term super‐resolution imaging appears to be increasingly important for unraveling
organelle dynamics at the nanoscale, but is challenging due to the need for highly …