A dual-rotator fluorescent probe for analyzing the viscosity of mitochondria and blood
Manlin Fu, Yue Sun, Kenry Kenry, Miao Zhang, Haihua Zhou, Weiliang Shen, Yi Hu, Qing Zhu
Abstract
A novel mitochondria-targeting molecular rotator FD was designed to visualize changes in viscosity under hypoxic conditions in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, FD can be used to detect changes in the blood viscosity of liver cancer and liver cirrhosis patients, and also rehabilitation of liver disease.
Topics & Concepts
In vivoIn vitroMitochondrionBiophysicsViscosityFluorescenceDual (grammatical number)ChemistryBiomedical engineeringMedicineMaterials scienceBiochemistryBiologyPhysicsGeneticsPhilosophyComposite materialLinguisticsQuantum mechanicsHemoglobin structure and functionElectron Spin Resonance StudiesAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research