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Overview

Youyong Yuan is affiliated with South China University of Technology in China, contributing extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, engineering, and materials science. Their work spans 66 publications in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, 54 in engineering, and 38 in materials science.

Their research focuses on several subfields, notably biomedical engineering with 53 publications, molecular biology (38), biomaterials (20), materials chemistry (14), and biotechnology (11). Key topics addressed in their work include nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, cancer research and treatments, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, luminescence and fluorescent materials, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, and graphene and nanomaterials applications.

Frequent publication venues for Yuan include Biomaterials with 9 publications, Acta Biomaterialia (7), ACS Nano (4), Chemical Communications (4), and Advanced Materials (3).

Yuan collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including Qingyu Zong (24 joint publications), Kewei Wang (23), Maolin Jiang (19), Xuan Xiao (17), and Yalan Tu (16).

Some of their recent papers highlight advances in cancer-related nanotechnology and therapy:

  • Activatable fluorescent probes for real-time imaging-guided tumor therapy, 2023, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • A General Strategy for Macrotheranostic Prodrug Activation: Synergy between the Acidic Tumor Microenvironment and Bioorthogonal Chemistry, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Bioorthogonal Equipping CAR-T Cells with Hyaluronidase and Checkpoint Blocking Antibody for Enhanced Solid Tumor Immunotherapy, 2022, ACS Central Science
  • Tumor-Acidity and Bioorthogonal Chemistry-Mediated On-Site Size Transformation Clustered Nanosystem to Overcome Hypoxic Resistance and Enhance Chemoimmunotherapy, 2022, ACS Nano
  • Dual-Drug Backboned Polyprodrug with a Predefined Drug Combination for Synergistic Chemotherapy, 2021, Nano Letters

Best Publications

  • Surface charge switchable nanoparticles based on zwitterionic polymer for enhanced drug delivery to tumor.

    You-Yong Yuan;Cheng-Qiong Mao;Xiao-Jiao Du;Jin-Zhi Du

  • Specific Light-Up Bioprobe with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Activatable Photoactivity for the Targeted and Image-Guided Photodynamic Ablation of Cancer Cells†

    Youyong Yuan;Chong-Jing Zhang;Meng Gao;Ruoyu Zhang

  • Tuning the singlet-triplet energy gap: a unique approach to efficient photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics

    Shidang Xu;Youyong Yuan;Xiaolei Cai;Chong-Jing Zhang

  • Targeted Theranostic Platinum(IV) Prodrug with a Built-In Aggregation-Induced Emission Light-Up Apoptosis Sensor for Noninvasive Early Evaluation of Its Therapeutic Responses in Situ

    Youyong Yuan;Ryan T K Kwok;Ben Zhong Tang;Ben Zhong Tang;Bin Liu

  • A Highly Efficient and Photostable Photosensitizer with Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission for Image-Guided Photodynamic Anticancer Therapy

    Wenbo Wu;Duo Mao;Fang Hu;Shidang Xu

  • Conjugated‐Polyelectrolyte‐Based Polyprodrug: Targeted and Image‐Guided Photodynamic and Chemotherapy with On‐Demand Drug Release upon Irradiation with a Single Light Source

    Youyong Yuan;Jie Liu;Bin Liu

  • A Photoactivatable AIE Polymer for Light‐Controlled Gene Delivery: Concurrent Endo/Lysosomal Escape and DNA Unpacking

    Youyong Yuan;Chong-Jing Zhang;Bin Liu;Bin Liu

  • Recent Progress in Polyphosphoesters: From Controlled Synthesis to Biomedical Applications

    Yu-Cai Wang;You-Yong Yuan;Jin-Zhi Du;Xian-Zhu Yang

  • Tumor extracellular acidity-activated nanoparticles as drug delivery systems for enhanced cancer therapy.

    Jin-Zhi Du;Cheng-Qiong Mao;You-Yong Yuan;Xian-Zhu Yang

  • A self-reporting AIE probe with a built-in singlet oxygen sensor for targeted photodynamic ablation of cancer cells

    Youyong Yuan;Chong-Jing Zhang;Shidang Xu;Bin Liu;Bin Liu

  • Bioorthogonal Turn-On Probe Based on Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Cancer Cell Imaging and Ablation.

    Youyong Yuan;Shidang Xu;Xiamin Cheng;Xiaolei Cai

  • Targeted and image-guided photodynamic cancer therapy based on organic nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

    Youyong Yuan;Guangxue Feng;Wei Qin;Ben Zhong Tang;Ben Zhong Tang

  • One-Step Formulation of Targeted Aggregation-Induced Emission Dots for Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy of Cholangiocarcinoma

    Min Li;Yang Gao;Youyong Yuan;Yuzhe Wu

  • Image-guided combination chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy using a mitochondria-targeted molecular probe with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

    Chong-Jing Zhang;Qinglian Hu;Guangxue Feng;Ruoyu Zhang

  • A light-up probe with aggregation-induced emission characteristics (AIE) for selective imaging, naked-eye detection and photodynamic killing of Gram-positive bacteria

    Guangxue Feng;Youyong Yuan;Hu Fang;Ruoyu Zhang

  • Biocompatible Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Efficient Photothermal Tumor Therapy

    Junlong Geng;Chunyang Sun;Jie Liu;Lun De Liao

  • Activatable fluorescent probes for real-time imaging-guided tumor therapy.

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  • Light-Up Probe for Targeted and Activatable Photodynamic Therapy with Real-Time In Situ Reporting of Sensitizer Activation and Therapeutic Responses

    Youyong Yuan;Chong-Jing Zhang;Ryan T. K. Kwok;Shidang Xu

  • A General Strategy for Macrotheranostic Prodrug Activation: Synergy between the Acidic Tumor Microenvironment and Bioorthogonal Chemistry

    Yansong Dong;Yalan Tu;Kewei Wang;Congfei Xu

  • Highly efficient photosensitizers with aggregation-induced emission characteristics obtained through precise molecular design.

    Shidang Xu;Wenbo Wu;Xiaolei Cai;Chong-Jing Zhang

  • Tunable Thermosensitivity of Biodegradable Polymer Micelles of Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Polyphosphoester Block Copolymers

    Yu-Cai Wang;Yang Li;Xian-Zhu Yang;You-Yong Yuan

  • ROS-Sensitive Polymeric Nanocarriers with Red Light-Activated Size Shrinkage for Remotely Controlled Drug Release

    Ziyang Cao;Ziyang Cao;Yinchu Ma;Chunyang Sun;Zidong Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Jun Wang
Jun Wang South China University of Technology
Ryan T. K. Kwok
Ryan T. K. Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yucai Wang
Yucai Wang University of Science and Technology of China
Jing Liang
Jing Liang Nankai University
Dan Ding
Dan Ding Nankai University
Bengang Xing
Bengang Xing Nanyang Technological University
Meng Gao
Meng Gao South China University of Technology
Xianmao Lu
Xianmao Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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