Tumor Microenvironment Activated Vanadium−Doped Carbon Dots for Fluorescence Imaging and Chemodynamic Therapy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials and Apparatus
2.2. Preparation of V−CDs
2.3. H2O2-Activated Fluorescence of V−CDs
2.4. Detection of OH Generation
2.5. In Vitro Fluorescence Imaging of V−CDs
2.6. In Vitro Cytotoxicity and CDT of V−CDs
3. Results
3.1. Characterization of V−CDs
3.2. Fluorescence and ·OH Generation
3.3. In Vitro Fluorescence Imaging
3.4. In Vitro Cytotoxicity and CDT of V−CDs
3.5. Comparison of the Performance of Fluorescent and Peroxidase-like CDs
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Nie, R.; Jia, Q.; Li, Y. Tumor Microenvironment Activated Vanadium−Doped Carbon Dots for Fluorescence Imaging and Chemodynamic Therapy. Crystals 2023, 13, 652. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13040652
Nie R, Jia Q, Li Y. Tumor Microenvironment Activated Vanadium−Doped Carbon Dots for Fluorescence Imaging and Chemodynamic Therapy. Crystals. 2023; 13(4):652. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13040652
Chicago/Turabian StyleNie, Renhao, Qingyan Jia, and Yunqi Li. 2023. "Tumor Microenvironment Activated Vanadium−Doped Carbon Dots for Fluorescence Imaging and Chemodynamic Therapy" Crystals 13, no. 4: 652. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13040652