Advanced near‐infrared light for monitoring and modulating the spatiotemporal dynamics of cell functions in living systems

G Chen, Y Cao, Y Tang, X Yang, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐based technique, including optical imaging and photoregulation, has become one of
the most important tools for both fundamental research and clinical practice, such as cell …

Seeing (and using) the light: recent developments in bioluminescence technology

AC Love, JA Prescher - Cell Chemical Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Bioluminescence has long been used to image biological processes in vivo. This technology
features luciferase enzymes and luciferin small molecules that produce visible light …

Optical imaging modalities: principles and applications in preclinical research and clinical settings

G Pirovano, S Roberts, S Kossatz… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
With the ability to noninvasively image and monitor molecular processes within tumors,
molecular imaging represents a fundamental tool for cancer scientists. In the current review …

Catalytic mechanism for Renilla-type luciferases

A Schenkmayerova, M Toul, D Pluskal, R Baatallah… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The widely used coelenterazine-powered Renilla luciferase was discovered over 40 years
ago, but the oxidative mechanism by which it generates blue photons remains unclear. Here …

PET/fluorescence imaging: An overview of the chemical strategies to build dual imaging tools

J Ariztia, K Solmont, NP Moïse, S Specklin… - Bioconjugate …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Molecular imaging is a biomedical research discipline that has quickly emerged to afford the
observation, characterization, monitoring, and quantification of biomarkers and biological …

A bioluminescent-based probe for in vivo non-invasive monitoring of nicotinamide riboside uptake reveals a link between metastasis and NAD+ metabolism

T Maric, A Bazhin, P Khodakivskyi, G Mikhaylov… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a form of vitamin B 3 and is one of the most studied
compounds for the restoration of cellular NAD+ levels demonstrating clinical potential in …

In vivo bioluminescence imaging of labile iron accumulation in a murine model of Acinetobacter baumannii infection

AT Aron, MC Heffern, ZR Lonergan… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Iron is an essential metal for all organisms, yet disruption of its homeostasis, particularly in
labile forms that can contribute to oxidative stress, is connected to diseases ranging from …

Beyond luciferase-luciferin system: Modification, improved imaging and biomedical application

Y Jiang, X Shi, C Tang, F Wang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The bioluminescence signal generated by the luciferase-luciferin interaction, exploited for
real-time and continuous monitoring of numerous biochemical processes in living cells and …

Molecular imaging with reporter genes: has its promise been delivered?

I Serganova, RG Blasberg - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
The first reporter systems were developed in the early 1980s and were based on measuring
the activity of an enzyme—as a surrogate measure of promoter-driven transcriptional activity …

Combined inhibition of IL‑6 and IL‑8 pathways suppresses ovarian cancer cell viability and migration and tumor growth

R Zhang, DM Roque, J Reader… - … Journal of Oncology, 2022 - spandidos-publications.com
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer type in the United States. The
success of current chemotherapies is limited by chemoresistance and side effects. Targeted …