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Yufang Xu is affiliated with East China University of Science and Technology in China. Their research activities primarily focus on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. The main areas of study include molecular biology, biomedical engineering, plant science, materials chemistry, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, notably nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, luminescence and fluorescent materials, RNA interference and gene delivery, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, and nanoparticle-based drug delivery.

Their recent publications illustrate the focus on nanotechnology and therapeutic applications, including:

  • Engineering naphthalimide-cyanine integrated near-infrared dye into ROS-responsive nanohybrids for tumor PDT/PTT/chemotherapy, 2021, Bioactive Materials
  • Dual-responsive nanohybrid based on degradable silica-coated gold nanorods for triple-combination therapy for breast cancer, 2021, Acta Biomaterialia
  • Self-accelerating H2O2-responsive Plasmonic Nanovesicles for Synergistic Chemo/starving therapy of Tumors, 2020, Theranostics
  • On-demand transdermal insulin delivery system for type 1 diabetes therapy with no hypoglycemia risks, 2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • NCL-based mitochondrial-targeting fluorescent probe for the detection of Glutathione in living cells, 2021, Chinese Chemical Letters

Yufang Xu frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • Chinese Chemical Letters
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Collaborative work is a significant part of Xu's research, with frequent co-authors including Weiping Zhu, Xuhong Qian, Zhenjiang Zhao, Honglin Li, and Yangyang Yang.

Best Publications

  • A Rhodamine-Based Hg2+ Sensor with High Selectivity and Sensitivity in Aqueous Solution: A NS2-Containing Receptor

    Junhai Huang;Yufang Xu;Xuhong Qian

  • A Highly Sensitive and Selective OFF-ON Fluorescent Sensor for Cadmium in Aqueous Solution and Living Cell

    Tanyu Cheng;Yufang Xu;Shenyi Zhang;Weiping Zhu

  • A design concept of long-wavelength fluorescent analogs of rhodamine dyes: replacement of oxygen with silicon atom.

    Meiyan Fu;Yi Xiao;Xuhong Qian;Defeng Zhao

  • "Alive" dyes as fluorescent sensors: fluorophore, mechanism, receptor and images in living cells.

    Xuhong Qian;Yi Xiao;Yufang Xu;Xiangfeng Guo

  • FRET-Based Mito-Specific Fluorescent Probe for Ratiometric Detection and Imaging of Endogenous Peroxynitrite: Dyad of Cy3 and Cy5.

    Xiaotong Jia;Qiangqiang Chen;Yingfang Yang;Yao Tang

  • A highly selective fluorescent probe for fast detection of hydrogen sulfide in aqueous solution and living cells

    Zheng Xu;Lin Xu;Ji Zhou;Yufang Xu

  • Hydrazine detection in the gas state and aqueous solution based on the Gabriel mechanism and its imaging in living cells

    Lei Cui;Lei Cui;Zhixing Peng;Chunfei Ji;Junhai Huang

  • A new prodrug-derived ratiometric fluorescent probe for hypoxia: high selectivity of nitroreductase and imaging in tumor cell.

    Lei Cui;Ye Zhong;Weiping Zhu;Yufang Xu

  • Unique tri-output optical probe for specific and ultrasensitive detection of hydrazine.

    Lei Cui;Chunfei Ji;Zhixing Peng;Lin Zhong

  • A gold(I) phosphine complex containing a naphthalimide ligand functions as a TrxR inhibiting antiproliferative agent and angiogenesis inhibitor.

    Ingo Ott;Xuhong Qian;Yufang Xu;Danielle H. W. Vlecken

  • Highly sensitive and selective Pd2+ sensor of naphthalimide derivative based on complexation with alkynes and thio-heterocycle

    Liping Duan;Yufang Xu;Xuhong Qian

  • A New Class of Naphthalimide-Based Antitumor Agents That Inhibit Topoisomerase II and Induce Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization and Apoptosis

    Zhuo Chen;Xin Liang;Huanying Zhang;Hua Xie;Hua Xie

  • Highly selective and sensitive near-infrared fluorescent sensors for cadmium in aqueous solution.

    Yangyang Yang;Tanyu Cheng;Weiping Zhu;Yufang Xu

  • A red-shift colorimetric and fluorescent sensor for Cu2+ in aqueous solution: unsymmetrical 4,5-diaminonaphthalimide with N-H deprotonation induced by metal ions

    Junhai Huang;Yufang Xu;Xuhong Qian

  • A highly sensitive long-wavelength fluorescence probe for nitroreductase and hypoxia: selective detection and quantification

    Ting Guo;Lei Cui;Jiaoning Shen;Weiping Zhu

  • Engineering naphthalimide-cyanine integrated near-infrared dye into ROS-responsive nanohybrids for tumor PDT/PTT/chemotherapy

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  • Highly selective fluorescent chemosensor with red shift for cysteine in buffer solution and its bioimage: symmetrical naphthalimide aldehyde

    Liping Duan;Yufang Xu;Xuhong Qian;Fang Wang

  • Selective and Ratiometric Fluorescent Trapping and Quantification of Protein Vicinal Dithiols and in Situ Dynamic Tracing in Living Cells

    Chusen Huang;Chusen Huang;Ti Jia;Mengfang Tang;Qin Yin

  • Versatile trifunctional chemosensor of rhodamine derivative for Zn2+, Cu2+ and His/Cys in aqueous solution and living cells.

    Lin Xu;Yufang Xu;Weiping Zhu;Bubing Zeng

  • Red-Emission Fluorescent Probe Sensing Cadmium and Pyrophosphate Selectively in Aqueous Solution

    Tanyu Cheng;Tao Wang;Weiping Zhu;Xinlei Chen

  • A dual-emission and large Stokes shift fluorescence probe for real-time discrimination of ROS/RNS and imaging in live cells.

    Ting Guo;Lei Cui;Jiaoning Shen;Rui Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuhong Qian
Xuhong Qian East China University of Science and Technology
Jian-Jiang Zhong
Jian-Jiang Zhong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Hualiang Jiang
Hualiang Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Xu
Lin Xu East China Normal University
Ingo Ott
Ingo Ott Technische Universität Braunschweig
Hong Zhu
Hong Zhu Zhejiang University
Xu Shen
Xu Shen Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Hiroshi Sugiyama
Hiroshi Sugiyama Kyoto University
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology
Yun Tang
Yun Tang East China University of Science and Technology

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