Recent progresses in small-molecule enzymatic fluorescent probes for cancer imaging

HW Liu, L Chen, C Xu, Z Li, H Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Abnormal enzymatic activities are directly related to the development of cancers. Identifying
the location and expression levels of these enzymes in live cancer cells have considerable …

Fluorogenic probes for disease-relevant enzymes

J Zhang, X Chai, XP He, HJ Kim, J Yoon… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Traditional biochemical methods for enzyme detection are mainly based on antibody-based
immunoassays, which lack the ability to monitor the spatiotemporal distribution and, in …

The development of functional non-viral vectors for gene delivery

S Patil, YG Gao, X Lin, Y Li, K Dang, Y Tian… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Gene therapy is manipulation in/of gene expression in specific cells/tissue to treat diseases.
This manipulation is carried out by introducing exogenous nucleic acids, such as DNA or …

[HTML][HTML] Human carboxylesterases: a comprehensive review

D Wang, L Zou, Q Jin, J Hou, G Ge, L Yang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
Mammalian carboxylesterases (CEs) are key enzymes from the serine hydrolase
superfamily. In the human body, two predominant carboxylesterases (CES1 and CES2) …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in photoacoustic imaging for deep-tissue biomedical applications

S Wang, J Lin, T Wang, X Chen, P Huang - Theranostics, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI), a novel imaging modality based on photoacoustic effect,
shows great promise in biomedical applications. By converting pulsed laser excitation into …

Design of a near-infrared fluoro-photoacoustic probe for rapid imaging of carboxylesterase in liver injury

H Chen, K Li, L Yuan, XB Zhang - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carboxylesterase (CE) is crucial in metabolizing ester-containing biomolecules and is
particularly significant in liver metabolic diseases. Herein, we present the first activatable …

Recent progress on NIR fluorescent probes for enzymes

J Zhao, T Ma, B Chang, J Fang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The majority of diseases' biomarkers are enzymes, and the regulation of enzymes is
fundamental but crucial. Biological system disorders and diseases can result from abnormal …

[HTML][HTML] Ferrocene-chalcone-based probe for the fluorescence and electrochemical dual-mode detection of carboxylesterase

YF Song, KC Yan, P Liu, WN Wu, XL Zhao… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carboxylesterases (CEs) are widely distributed in the body and catalyze the hydrolysis of
endogenous and exogenous substrates. They play important roles in drug metabolism, and …

Carboxylesterase inhibitors: an update

LW Zou, Q Jin, DD Wang, QK Qian… - Current Medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Mammalian carboxylesterases are key serine hydrolases that catalyze the hydrolysis of a
wide variety of ester compounds in the corresponding carboxylic acids and alcohols. In …

Ratiometric two-photon fluorescent probe for in situ imaging of carboxylesterase (CE)-mediated mitochondrial acidification during medication

A Jiang, G Chen, J Xu, Y Liu, G Zhao, Z Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on a dual ratiometric two-photon fluorescent probe for in situ sensing of
mitochondrial CE activity and pH. Using the probe it is possible to visualize the CE-mediated …