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Overview

Zijian Guo is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses key subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Oncology.

Their research focuses on several main topics, with particular attention to Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Metal complexes synthesis and properties, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis.

Zijian Guo's recent scientific publications include the following:

  • Ferroptosis Photoinduced by New Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes and Its Synergism with Apoptosis in Tumor Cell Inhibition (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Golgi apparatus-targeted aggregation-induced emission luminogens for effective cancer photodynamic therapy (2022, Nature Communications)
  • A dual-labeling probe to track functional mitochondria-lysosome interactions in live cells (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Recent advances in noble metal complex based photodynamic therapy (2022, Chemical Science)
  • Fluorescent Probes for Biological Species and Microenvironments: from Rational Design to Bioimaging Applications (2023, Accounts of Chemical Research)

Zijian Guo collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Yuncong Chen (70 co-authored papers)
  • Weijiang He (58 co-authored papers)
  • Shankun Yao (35 co-authored papers)
  • Xiaoyong Wang (29 co-authored papers)
  • Hongbao Fang (24 co-authored papers)

The venues where Zijian Guo has published most frequently include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) - 24 publications
  • Chemical Science - 16 publications
  • Angewandte Chemie - 15 publications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition - 14 publications
  • Dalton Transactions - 8 publications

The research contributions of Zijian Guo span a multidisciplinary approach merging chemistry, biology, and materials science aimed at understanding and developing tools for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The scientist's work on metal complexes, photodynamic therapy, and fluorescent probes reflects a focus on innovative therapeutic strategies and advanced biomedical imaging techniques.

Best Publications

  • Metals in Medicine

    Zijian Guo;Peter J. Sadler

  • Fluorescent detection of zinc in biological systems: recent development on the design of chemosensors and biosensors

    Pengju Jiang;Zijian Guo

  • Inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reactions in chemical biology

    B. L. Oliveira;Z. Guo;G. J. L. Bernardes;G. J. L. Bernardes

  • Metal coordination in photoluminescent sensing

    Zhipeng Liu;Zhipeng Liu;Weijiang He;Zijian Guo

  • H2O2-Activatable and O2-Evolving Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient and Selective Photodynamic Therapy against Hypoxic Tumor Cells

    Huachao Chen;Jiangwei Tian;Weijiang He;Zijian Guo

  • Solvatochromic Behavior of a Nanotubular Metal−Organic Framework for Sensing Small Molecules

    Zhen-Zhong Lu;Rui Zhang;Yi-Zhi Li;Zi-Jian Guo

  • Targeting and delivery of platinum-based anticancer drugs

    Xiaoyong Wang;Zijian Guo

  • A Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Rapid Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide in Mitochondria

    Yuncong Chen;Chengcheng Zhu;Zhenghao Yang;Junjie Chen

  • Stimuli-Responsive Therapeutic Metallodrugs.

    Xiaohui Wang;Xiaoyong Wang;Suxing Jin;Nafees Muhammad

  • Metal-based anticancer chemotherapeutic agents

    Nafees Muhammad;Zijian Guo

  • Visible Light Excitable Zn2+ Fluorescent Sensor Derived from an Intramolecular Charge Transfer Fluorophore and Its in Vitro and in Vivo Application

    Fang Qian;Changli Zhang;Yumin Zhang;Weijiang He

  • Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

    Zijian Guo;Peter J. Sadler

  • Immobilization and Visualization of DNA and Proteins on Carbon Nanotubes

    Zijian Guo;Peter J. Sadler;Shik Chi Tsang

  • Functionalization of Platinum Complexes for Biomedical Applications

    Xiaoyong Wang;Xiaohui Wang;Xiaohui Wang;Zijian Guo

  • A novel cytotoxic ternary copper(II) complex of 1,10-phenanthroline and L-threonine with DNA nuclease activity.

    Shouchun Zhang;Yangguang Zhu;Chao Tu;Haiying Wei

  • A Site-Selective Dual Anchoring Strategy for Artificial Metalloprotein Design

    James R Carey;Steven K Ma;Thomas D Pfister;Dewain K Garner

  • Design of artificial metallonucleases with oxidative mechanism

    Qin Jiang;Nan Xiao;Pengfei Shi;Yangguang Zhu

  • Copper in medicine: homeostasis, chelation therapy and antitumor drug design.

    Tuo Wang;Zijian Guo

  • Photoluminescence imaging of Zn(2+) in living systems.

    Yuncong Chen;Yang Bai;Zhong Han;Weijiang He

  • Ferroptosis Photoinduced by New Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes and Its Synergism with Apoptosis in Tumor Cell Inhibition.

    Hao Yuan;Zhong Han;Yuncong Chen;Fen Qi

  • Thienopyrrole-expanded BODIPY as a potential NIR photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy

    Yongchao Yang;Qiuli Guo;Huachao Chen;Zhikuan Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

He-Gen Zheng
He-Gen Zheng Nanjing University
Peter J. Sadler
Peter J. Sadler University of Warwick
Yi Lu
Yi Lu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Xiang Gao
Xiang Gao Nanjing University
John Parkinson
John Parkinson University of Toronto
Xiao-Zeng You
Xiao-Zeng You Nanjing University
Zi-Ling Xue
Zi-Ling Xue University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Trevor W. Hambley
Trevor W. Hambley University of Sydney
Stuart Robert Batten
Stuart Robert Batten Monash University
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore

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