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Zong-Wan Mao is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China. Their research contributions primarily lie within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. They have a notable focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work encompasses several key research topics including:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis

Among their frequent collaborators are Liu-Yi Liu, Cai-Ping Tan, Qian Cao, Kang-Nan Wang, and Wenting Liu.

Zong-Wan Mao has published extensively in several scientific venues, with a significant number of publications appearing in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Science
  • Advanced Science

Recent notable papers reflecting their research focus include:

  • "A Polarity-Sensitive Ratiometric Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring Changes in Lipid Droplets and Nucleus during Ferroptosis" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health" (2023, ACS Nano)
  • "A Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX)-Anchored Rhenium(I) Photosensitizer Evokes Pyroptosis for Enhanced Anti-Tumor Immunity" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Ferroptosis-Enhanced Cancer Immunity by a Ferrocene-Appended Iridium(III) Diphosphine Complex" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "What blocks more anticancer platinum complexes from experiment to clinic: Major problems and potential strategies from drug design perspectives" (2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)

Best Publications

  • Cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes as lysosome-targeted photodynamic anticancer and real-time tracking agents

    Liang He;Yi Li;Cai-Ping Tan;Rui-Rong Ye

  • Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health

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  • A Polarity-Sensitive Ratiometric Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring Changes in Lipid Droplets and Nucleus during Ferroptosis.

    Kang-Nan Wang;Kang-Nan Wang;Liu-Yi Liu;Duo Mao;Shidang Xu

  • Phosphorescent iridium(III)-bis-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes as mitochondria-targeted theranostic and photodynamic anticancer agents.

    Yi Li;Cai-Ping Tan;Wei Zhang;Liang He

  • G-quadruplex DNA targeted metal complexes acting as potential anticancer drugs

    Qian Cao;Yi Li;Eva Freisinger;Peter Z. Qin

  • Insights into metalloenzyme microenvironments: biomimetic metal complexes with a functional second coordination sphere.

    Meng Zhao;Hai-Bo Wang;Liang-Nian Ji;Zong-Wan Mao

  • A Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX)-Anchored Rhenium(I) Photosensitizer Evokes Pyroptosis for Enhanced Anti-Tumor Immunity

    Xuxian Su;Wen-Jin Wang;Qian Cao;Hang Zhang

  • Multifunctional QD-based co-delivery of siRNA and doxorubicin to HeLa cells for reversal of multidrug resistance and real-time tracking.

    Jin-Ming Li;Yuan-Yuan Wang;Yuan-Yuan Wang;Mei-Xia Zhao;Cai-Ping Tan

  • Pillared-layer microporous metal-organic frameworks constructed by robust hydrogen bonds. Synthesis, characterization, and magnetic and adsorption properties of 2,2'-biimidazole and carboxylate complexes.

    Bing-Bing Ding;Yan-Qin Weng;Zong-Wan Mao;Chi-Keung Lam

  • Theranostic iridium(III) complexes as one- and two-photon phosphorescent trackers to monitor autophagic lysosomes.

    Liang He;Cai-Ping Tan;Rui-Rong Ye;Yi-Zhi Zhao

  • Dual-Enzyme Characteristics of Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Capped Iridium Nanoparticles and Their Cellular Protective Effect against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Damage

    Hua Su;Dan-Dan Liu;Meng Zhao;Wei-Liang Hu

  • Targeting cancer cell metabolism with mitochondria-immobilized phosphorescent cyclometalated iridium( iii ) complexes

    Jian-Jun Cao;Cai-Ping Tan;Mu-He Chen;Na Wu

  • Cyclodextrin and Polyethylenimine Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Delivery of siRNA Cancer Therapeutics

    Jianliang Shen;Han Cheon Kim;Hua Su;Feng Wang

  • Synthesis of 6-substituted phenanthridines by metal-free, visible-light induced aerobic oxidative cyclization of 2-isocyanobiphenyls with hydrazines

    Tiebo Xiao;Linyong Li;Guoliang Lin;Qile Wang

  • Graphene Oxide Decorated with Ru(II)-Polyethylene Glycol Complex for Lysosome-Targeted Imaging and Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy

    Dong-Yang Zhang;Yue Zheng;Cai-Ping Tan;Jing-Hua Sun

  • Polarity‐Sensitive Ratiometric Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring Lipid Droplets/Nucleus Change During Ferroptosis

    Kang-Nan Wang;Liu-Yi Liu;Duo Mao;Shidang Xu

  • Co-Delivery of Cisplatin Prodrug and Chlorin e6 by Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Chemo-Photodynamic Combination Therapy to Combat Drug Resistance

    Wei Zhang;Jianliang Shen;Hua Su;Ge Mu

  • Water-soluble DNA minor groove binders as potential chemotherapeutic agents: synthesis, characterization, DNA binding and cleavage, antioxidation, cytotoxicity and HSA interactions.

    Xia-Bing Fu;Dan-Dan Liu;Yuan Lin;Wei Hu

  • Monitoring mitochondrial viscosity with anticancer phosphorescent Ir( iii ) complexes via two-photon lifetime imaging

    Liang Hao;Zhi-Wei Li;Dong-Yang Zhang;Liang He

  • Cleavage of double-strand DNA by linear and triangular trinuclear copper complexes.

    Yan An;Si-Dong Liu;Shu-Yi Deng;Liang-Nian Ji

  • Simple whole-cell biodetection and bioremediation of heavy metals based on an engineered lead-specific operon.

    Wei Wei;Xiangzhi Liu;Peiqing Sun;Xin Wang

  • Ferrimagnetic-like ordering in a unique three-dimensional coordination polymer featuring mixed azide/carboxylate-bridged trinuclear manganese (II) clusters as subunits.

    Hong-Ji Chen;Hong-Ji Chen;Zong-Wan Mao;Song Gao;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Double-strand DNA cleavage by copper complexes of 2,2'-dipyridyl with electropositive pendants.

    Yan An;Ming-Liang Tong;Liang-Nian Ji;Zong-Wan Mao

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang-Nian Ji
Liang-Nian Ji Sun Yat-sen University
Cai-Ping Tan
Cai-Ping Tan Sun Yat-sen University
Haifa Shen
Haifa Shen Houston Methodist
Tong-Bu Lu
Tong-Bu Lu Tianjin University of Technology
Hongzhe Sun
Hongzhe Sun University of Hong Kong
Mauro Ferrari
Mauro Ferrari Houston Methodist
Ming-Liang Tong
Ming-Liang Tong Sun Yat-sen University
Xiao-Ming Chen
Xiao-Ming Chen Sun Yat-sen University
Lei Zhou
Lei Zhou Sun Yat-sen University
Cheng-Yong Su
Cheng-Yong Su Sun Yat-sen University

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