title: Highly sensitive and selective near-infrared fluorescent probe for zinc and its application to macrophage cells.
abstract: A new highly sensitive and selective near-infrared fluorescent probe for zinc ion, based on photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mechanism, has been designed, synthesized, and applied to macrophage cells.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China. tangb@sdnu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kehua
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Guiwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Liguo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D015032:Zinc