Upconversion NIR-II fluorophores for mitochondria-targeted cancer imaging and photothermal therapy

Currently available mitochondria-targeted fluorescent dyes emit only one color in the visible or NIR-I and their applications are limited. Here, the authors develop upconversion mitochondria-targeted NIR-II fluorophores for synchronous upconversion-mitochondria-targeted cell imaging, in vivo NIR-II...

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Main Authors: Hui Zhou, Xiaodong Zeng, Anguo Li, Wenyi Zhou, Lin Tang, Wenbo Hu, Quli Fan, Xianli Meng, Hai Deng, Lian Duan, Yanqin Li, Zixin Deng, Xuechuan Hong, Yuling Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19945-w