Molecular engineering of NIR‐II fluorophores for improved biomedical detection

Z Lei, F Zhang - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of fluorophores for the second near‐infrared window (NIR‐II, 1000–1700
nm) represents an emerging, significant, and vibrant field in analytic chemistry, chemical …

Applications of bioluminescence in biotechnology and beyond

AJ Syed, JC Anderson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioluminescence is the fascinating natural phenomenon by which living creatures produce
light. Bioluminescence occurs when the oxidation of a small-molecule luciferin is catalysed …

Engineered tRNAs suppress nonsense mutations in cells and in vivo

S Albers, EC Allen, N Bharti, M Davyt, D Joshi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Nonsense mutations are the underlying cause of approximately 11% of all inherited genetic
diseases. Nonsense mutations convert a sense codon that is decoded by tRNA into a …

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 …

NIR-II bioluminescence for in vivo high contrast imaging and in situ ATP-mediated metastases tracing

L Lu, B Li, S Ding, Y Fan, S Wang, C Sun… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bioluminescence imaging has been widely used in life sciences and biomedical
applications. However, conventional bioluminescence imaging usually operates in the …

Anti-quenching NIR-II molecular fluorophores for in vivo high-contrast imaging and pH sensing

S Wang, Y Fan, D Li, C Sun, Z Lei, L Lu, T Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The contrast and sensitivity of in vivo fluorescence imaging has been revolutionized by
molecular fluorophores operating in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II; 1000-1700 …

Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate the spatiotemporal regulation of signaling networks

EC Greenwald, S Mehta, J Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellular signaling networks are the foundation which determines the fate and function of
cells as they respond to various cues and stimuli. The discovery of fluorescent proteins over …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts require proline synthesis by PYCR1 for the deposition of pro-tumorigenic extracellular matrix

EJ Kay, K Paterson, C Riera-Domingo, D Sumpton… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Elevated production of collagen-rich extracellular matrix is a hallmark of cancer-associated
fibroblasts (CAFs) and a central driver of cancer aggressiveness. Here we find that proline, a …

An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain

Y Su, JR Walker, MP Hall, MA Klein, X Wu… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) allows non-invasive visualization of cells and biochemical
events in vivo and thus has become an indispensable technique in biomedical research …

ILC2-driven innate immune checkpoint mechanism antagonizes NK cell antimetastatic function in the lung

MJ Schuijs, S Png, AC Richard, A Tsyben… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Metastasis constitutes the primary cause of cancer-related deaths, with the lung being a
commonly affected organ. We found that activation of lung-resident group 2 innate lymphoid …