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Sensitive imaging of tumors using a nitroreductase-activated fluorescence probe in the NIR-II window
Xiaofan Zhang1, Xiaohua Li, Wen Shi
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. lixh@iccas.ac.cn mahm@iccas.ac.cn.
Abstract:
A nitroreductase (NTR)-activated NIR-II fluorescence probe for tumor imaging is reported. The probe can emit fluorescence in the range of 900-1300 nm, and target hypoxic tumors with NTR overexpression, thus allowing for accurate delineation of tumor margins through deep penetration.

