Nature Communications (May 2021)

Rational construction of a reversible arylazo-based NIR probe for cycling hypoxia imaging in vivo

  • Yuming Zhang,
  • Wenxuan Zhao,
  • Yuncong Chen,
  • Hao Yuan,
  • Hongbao Fang,
  • Shankun Yao,
  • Changli Zhang,
  • Hongxia Xu,
  • Nan Li,
  • Zhipeng Liu,
  • Zijian Guo,
  • Qingshun Zhao,
  • Yong Liang,
  • Weijiang He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22855-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Most fluorescence probes to measure hypoxia are irreversible. Here, the authors develop a near infrared luminescent probe to measure hypoxia which is reversible and use the probe to monitor hypoxia-reoxygenation in several animal models.