Discover Oncology
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2025
·Vol. 16
·期 1
·1-10
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IF 2.9
Gong Qineng,Zhu Tianyu,Zhang Linlin,Wu Hui,Miao Yang,Hu Ye
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a predominant form of liver cancer and one of the leading causes of cancer-related death globally. Therefore, there is an urgent need for innovative therapeutic strategies that target the molecular mechanisms underlying HCC progression and metastasis, aiming to improve treatment efficacy and patient survival. The natural product celastrol (Cel) has demonstrated inhibitory effects in various cancer cell lines. However, its clinical application has been hindered by high toxicity and a low safety threshold. Metal-free quantum dots (QDs), AgInS 2 (AIS QDs) not only eliminate toxic risks associated with heavy metals but also exhibit high biocompatibility in the biomedical field. By developing AIS QD@Cel, an AIS QDs nano-delivery system for Cel, the cell selectivity and inhibitory effects of Cel on HCC were enhanced. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis revealed that AIS QDs can interact with Cel via amide bonds. The encapsulation rate of AIS QDs to Cel reached 27.5%. AIS QD@Cel eliminated toxicity on 293T and enhanced inhibition on HCC cells by over 10 times. Furthermore, the western blotting and flow cytometry experiments showed that AIS QD@Cel promoted apoptosis and autophagy signal pathway. Finally, transcriptome sequencing revealed that AIS QD@Cel effect on HCC by regulating gene expression involved in critical signaling pathways that are implicated in the progression of cancer. This strategy holds the potential to increase safety threshold and clinical applicability of Cel, offering significant clinical value for the treatment of HCC patients.
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肿瘤学
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药理学
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纳米医学
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2024
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IF 4.3
Jie Wu,Jinhua Li,Mingming Cheng,Li Li,Ruhong Yan,Juan Yue
Calcium ions (Ca 2+ ) are key players in intracellular signaling as second messengers and play a pivotal role in various physiological processes. In this study, near-infrared water-soluble AgInS 2 quantum dots (AIS QDs) for Ca 2+ detection were synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method. The fluorescence quantum yield (PL QY) of the quantum dots was as high as 23.99 %. With low cytotoxicity and good fluorescence properties, as well as short reaction time, the ternary AIS QDs have excellent synthesis efficiency and quantum yield, which are advantageous for Ca 2+ detection and bioimaging applications. The fluorescence quenching of the quantum dots showed a clear linear relationship with calcium ion concentration in the range of 0–250 μM (detection limit: 0.65 μM). Confocal imaging experiments demonstrate the excellent biofluorescence imaging capability of AIS QDs. By tuning the Ag/In molar ratio, AIS QDs can achieve fluorescence emission in the near-infrared wavelength band (620–700 nm), and the near-infrared fluorescence imaging has deeper tissue penetration, less tissue absorption and photodamage, and lower interference of spontaneous fluorescence, which further expands the potential of QDs for bioimaging applications.
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生物化学
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医学影像
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材料科学
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2023
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IF 4.4
Fengjiao Yang,Bingyu Yang,Xinyue Gu,Minghua Li,Kezhen Qi,Ya Yan
Water-soluble AgInS 2 (AIS) quantum dots (QDs) were successfully prepared through the one-pot water phase method with thioglycolic acid (TGA) as the stabilizing agent. Because enrofloxacin (ENR) effectively quenches the fluorescence of AIS QDs, a highly-sensitive fluorescence detection method is proposed to detect ENR residues in milk. Under optimal detection conditions, there was a good linear relationship between the relative fluorescence quenching amount (Δ F / F 0 ) of AgInS 2 with ENR and ENR concentration ( C ). The detection range was 0.3125–20.00 μg/mL, r = 0.9964, and the detection limit (LOD) was 0.024 μg/mL (n = 11). The average recovery of ENR in milk ranged from 95.43 to 114.28%. The method established in this study has advantages including a high sensitivity, a low detection limit, simple operation and a low cost. The fluorescence quenching mechanism of AIS QDs with ENR was discussed and the dynamic quenching mechanism of light-induced electron transfer was proposed.
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食品科学
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分析化学
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生物医学
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2015
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IF 2.999
Xin Wang,Cuiping Xie,Jiasong Zhong,Xiaojuan Liang,Weidong Xiang
Highly luminescent AgInS 2 –ZnS quantum dots were obtained by a one-pot two steps hot injection approach. The effect of the reaction time on the properties of the quantum dot was systematically investigated. By the introduction of Zn ions , the emission peak was blue-shift from 638 nm to 584 nm in 15 min, while the emission peaks of the obtained AgInS 2 –ZnS quantum dots were tuned in a narrow range with a bit red-shift from 584 to 589 nm as the reaction was continued. The highest photoluminescence quantum yield (PL QY) was up to about 72% when the reaction was prolonged to 15 min. Further, results showed that the morphologies were varied as the reaction was continued. In addition, the PL decay curves demonstrated that the component of PL bands resulted from Zn doping was observed, while the PL behavior was originated from the donor-acceptor recombination.
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材料科学
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光学
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2017
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IF 4.857
Lan Wang,Xiaojiao Kang,Daocheng Pan
Assisted with polyethylenimine, 4.0 L of water-soluble AgInS2 quantum dots (AIS QDs) were successfully synthesized in an electric pressure cooker. As-prepared QDs exhibit yellow emission with a photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield up to 32%. The QDs also show excellent water/buffer stability. The highly luminescent AIS QDs are used to explore their dual-functional behavior: detection of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)/glucose and cell imaging. The amino-functionalized AIS QDs show high sensitivity and specificity for H2O2 and glucose with detection limits of 0.42 and 0.90 μM, respectively. A linear correlation was established between PL intensity and concentration of H2O2 in the ranges of 0.5–10 μM and 10–300 μM, while the linear ranges were 1–10 μM and 10–1000 μM for detection of glucose. The AIS QDs reveal negligible cytotoxicity on HeLa cells. Furthermore, the luminescence of AIS QDs gives the function of optical imaging.
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生物化学
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纳米医学
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分析化学
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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
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2024
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IF 3.3
Fengjiao Yang,Bingyu Yang,Lixian He,Kezhen Qi,Alireza Khataee,Ya Yan
Metronidazole (MNZ) is a type of nitroimidazole antibiotic widely used in livestock feed. The extensive use, overuse, and misuse of MNZ have resulted in high levels of MNZ residues in animal products, posing serious health risks to people. Based on the effective fluorescence quenching capability of MNZ, a highly precise technique characterized by low-cost materials, low detection limit, and simple operational procedure was established to detect MNZ in eggs by modulating the fluorescence produced by AgInS 2 quantum dots (AIS QDs). The performance of the prepared sample was outstanding as the linear range was 0.25–80.00 μg/mL with a detection limit (LOD) of 0.166 μg/mL and R 2 = 0.9996, having an average recovery of MNZ in egg white ranged from 94.88 % to 102.39 %. This detection method has the advantages of a wide detection range, high sensitivity, high accuracy, excellent selectivity , and simple operability, and it can be used to detect MNZ in eggs after further study. The fluorescence quenching mechanism of AIS QDs by MNZ is speculated as a dynamic quenching mechanism of light-induced electron transfer .
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分析化学
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食品安全
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生物医学
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VACUUM
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2021
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IF 3.627
Tong Xue,Yiyi Shi,Jie Guo,Meixian Guo,Ya Yan
Water soluble AgInS 2 quantum dots (AIS QDs) were successfully prepared by an environmentally friendly one-pot water phase method using glutathione (GSH) as the stabilizing agent. The crystal structure, morphology, size, chemical states, and optical properties of as-prepared AIS QDs were characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), Ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometer (UV–vis) and Photoluminescence spectrometer (PL). Factors affecting the fluorescence intensity of AIS QDs including reaction solution pH value, fluorescence test temperature and concentration of AIS QDs were investigated. The fluorescence stability of AIS QDs and the selectivity of AIS QDs toward Pb 2+ detection was also evaluated. Under optimized test conditions, three excellent linear relationships ( ( F 0 − F ) / F 0 = 27.938 C P b 2 + − 0.002 ( R = 0.998 ) , ( F 0 − F ) / F 0 = 10.362 C P b 2 + − 0.005 ( R = 0.997 ) , ( F 0 − F ) / F 0 = 6.554 C P b 2 + − 0.240 ( R = 0.9993 ) were achieved between the concentration of Pb 2+ and the relative fluorescence quenching amount of AIS QDs in the range of 9–96 nM, 48–434 nM and 193–530 nM, respectively. The detection limit was 4 nM and the recovery was in the range of 92.2%–102.6%. Our method had wide detection range, excellent selectivity, high sensitivity and easy operability, and could be applied for the content determination of Pb 2+ in water. The possible fluorescence quenching mechanism of AIS QDs by Pb 2+ was discussed in detail and the dynamic quenching mechanism of light-induced electron transfer was put forward.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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分析化学
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2022
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IF 3.754
Zehao Hu,Ting Chen,Zhixiang Xie,Chunxian Guo,Weihui Jiang,Yuanhong Chen,Yanqiao Xu
Microwave organic phase preparation of AgInS 2 quantum dots (QDs) is extremely essential to the large-scale, green and efficient preparation of AgInS 2 QDs. Here, commercial glycerol is used as the microwave absorber to prepare AgInS 2 QDs in nonpolar organic solvent octadecene at reaction temperature range of 100–180 °C. The AgInS 2 QDs can be obtained within 15 min and exhibit tunable photoluminescent properties. After decorating by ZnS layer, the prepared AgInS 2 @ZnS core/shell QDs emitted a bright orange-yellow light under ultraviolet light irradiation, and its quantum yield increased from 13.66% to 33.10%. Moreover, it exhibited excellent spectral tunability among the range of 608.0 nm–549.8 nm with the molar ratios of Zn/AgIn changed from 0 to 3. Finally, a WLED was fabricated by combining AgInS 2 @ZnS QDs and Y 3 Al 5-x Ga x O 12 :Ce 3+ phosphors with a blue chip, the color rendering index (CRI), correlated color temperature (CCT), and luminous efficiency (LE) of the device was 87.6, 3361 K, and 58.83 lm/W, respectively, indicating the great application prospect in illumination. The research explores a novel avenue for the fast and efficient synthesis of I–III–VI semiconductor QDs in nonpolar solvent via microwave method.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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纳米技术
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
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2024
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IF 4
Ting Chen,Youpeng Li,Chunxian Guo,Changqing Ye,Yuanhong Chen,Zhixiang Xie
Preparation of AgInS 2 quantum dots (AIS QDs) with high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) and thermal stability remains an important challenge. In this paper, AIS QDs were successfully introduced into zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) by microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. Due to the effective isolation of the ZIF-8, the AIS QDs avoid the concentration quenching when they were assembled into white light emitting diodes (WLEDs) devices as color conversion materials. More importantly, the generation of ZnS layer between the interfaces of AIS QDs and ZIF-8 can efficiently improve the optical performance of AIS QDs, resulting in the fluorescence lifetime extended to 470.05 ns. Meanwhile, the PLQY of AIS/ZIF-8 composite reached up 34.30 % when microwave hydrothermal heating at 120 °C for 60 min with AgIn/Zn=1/3, which was higher than that of the pristine AIS QDs as 25.30 %. Finally, the WLED devices were fabricated by combining AIS/ZIF-8 composite fluorescent powder with (Ba, Sr)Si 2 O 2 N 2 :Eu 2+ phosphors and blue LED. At 20 mA, the AIS/ZIF-8 based WLED shows the luminous efficiency (LE) of 44.54 lm/W, correlated color temperature (CCT) of 4242 K and color rendering index (CRI) of 89.1. Moreover, the Commission International de L'Eclairage (CIE) was (0.36, 0.35), indicating the WLED emited warm white light. The present strategy aims at enhancing the optical performance of AIS QDs, which also may trigger the development of QDs-based WLED.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2020
·Vol. 8
·期 25
·8515-8520
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IF 7.059
Qian Xiong,Jinlong Yang,Huaiyi Ding,Juan Du,Xiaosheng Tang,Tongchao Shi,Zhengzheng Liu,Daofu Wu,Hao Lin,Yuxin Leng
Recently, solution-processed conventional I–III–VI2 quantum dots (QDs) demonstrated a potential optical amplification application based on superior optical properties. Nonetheless, exploiting the potential of this type of material as a gain medium for optical amplification devices is still scarce, rendering application prospect restricted. Herein, for the first time, we report the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) action using AgInS2 (AIS) QDs as the gain medium. ASE with an ultra-low threshold (31.58 μW cm−2) was demonstrated by combining highly reflective distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR) with AIS QDs. Furthermore, the relationship between the number of layers of the DBR mirrors and the ASE performance is systematically discussed, indicating that the seven-layer DBR is a desirable device structure with the best ASE from AIS QDs. These consequences unambiguously uncover the significant feasibility of the traditional AIS QDs as a photonic resource, simultaneously demonstrating the huge potential and promising applications of as-designed devices for optical amplification.
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材料科学
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光子学
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纳米技术
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2022
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IF 6.371
Yuanhong Chen,Ting Chen,Zhe Qin,Zhixiang Xie,Mengbiao Liang,Youpeng Li,Jian Lin
Rapid synthesis of AgInS 2 quantum dots (AIS QDs) with high quantum yield and crystallinity in aqueous phase has been identified as a research priority in the realm of colloidal semiconductors. Herein, microwave assisted-hydrothermal method was used to react for 5 min at 120 °C to prepare AIS QDs with high luminescence properties. Meanwhile, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([Bmim]BF 4 ) ionic liquid (IL) was employed as a wave absorber to enhance the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) and shorten the reaction time. The AIS QDs exhibited spectral tunability by adjusting the IL/AgIn molar ratio from 0 to 10, and the luminescence peak position could be tuned from 597 nm to 670 nm. The PLQY of AIS QDs reached 27.67% at the IL/AgIn molar ratio of 2.5, and the fluorescence lifetime upped to 360.4 ns. In addition, the ZnS shell was coated on the surface of the QDs with Zn/AgIn= 3 by reacting at 90 °C for 2 min, and the PLQY could reach to 35.66%, which further improved the emission performance of the AIS QDs. Finally, QDs and commercial (Ba, Sr)Si 2 O 2 N 2 :Eu 2+ phosphors were mixed to fabricate white light emitting diodes (WLEDs) devices. AIS@ZnS QDs-based WLED showed color rendering index (CRI) of 87.7 and correlated color temperature (CCT) of 5220 K. And its luminous efficiency (LE) reached 80.13 lm/W, which is 2.16 times higher than that of AIS QDs-based WLED (37.1 lm/W), indicating the good application prospect in WLEDs.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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纳米技术
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2024
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IF 4.3
Xinyue Gu,Minghua Li,Ya Yan,Julian Miao
The convenience and high efficiency of recently developed I–III–VI group AgInS 2 (AIS) fluorescence sensors have garnered considerable attention. In this study, glutathione (GSH) was employed as a stabilizer to synthesize Mn doped AgInS 2 quantum dots (Mn-AIS QDs) via a one-step hydrothermal method at a lower temperature. The resultant samples displayed favorable photoluminescent characteristics and excellent water dispersibility. The photoluminescence of Mn-AIS QDs is quenched by Fe (III) via a photo-induced electron transfer mechanism (PET), and this quenching can be reversed by ascorbic acid (AA) as a result of the redox reaction between the Mn-AIS-Fe (III) complex and AA. Utilizing the on–off–on fluorescence principle, a fluorescence switch sensor based on Mn-AIS QDs was developed for the detection of Fe (III) and AA. The linear range for the detection of Fe (III) using the Mn-AIS QDs sensor was established to be 0.03–120 µM, with a detection limit (LOD) of 0.16 nM. For the detection of AA within the Mn-AIS-Fe (III) system, the linear range spanned from 0.05 to 180 µM, with a LOD of 0.031 µM. Both Mn-AIS and Mn-AIS-Fe (III) demonstrated robust anti-interference properties, facilitating the accurate detection of Fe (III) in tap water and AA in vitamin C tablets. This approach is notable for its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and considerable potential for application in the creation of innovative biological and environmental sensors.
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分析化学
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生物传感
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环境科学
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