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Tsang CY, Zhang Y. Nanomaterials for light-mediated therapeutics in deep tissue. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:2898-2931. [PMID: 38265834 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00862b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Light-mediated therapeutics, including photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy and light-triggered drug delivery, have been widely studied due to their high specificity and effective therapy. However, conventional light-mediated therapies usually depend on the activation of light-sensitive molecules with UV or visible light, which have poor penetration in biological tissues. Over the past decade, efforts have been made to engineer nanosystems that can generate luminescence through excitation with near-infrared (NIR) light, ultrasound or X-ray. Certain nanosystems can even carry out light-mediated therapy through chemiluminescence, eliminating the need for external activation. Compared to UV or visible light, these 4 excitation modes penetrate more deeply into biological tissues, triggering light-mediated therapy in deeper tissues. In this review, we systematically report the design and mechanisms of different luminescent nanosystems excited by the 4 excitation sources, methods to enhance the generated luminescence, and recent applications of such nanosystems in deep tissue light-mediated therapeutics.
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- Chung Yin Tsang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Li Q, Li H, Li K, Gu Y, Wang Y, Yang D, Yang Y, Gao L. Specific colorimetric detection of methylmercury based on peroxidase-like activity regulation of carbon dots/Au NPs nanozyme. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 441:129919. [PMID: 36099738 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Methylmercury (MeHg+) is one of the common organic species of mercury, and has much higher toxicity than inorganic mercury. Based on the selective enhancement of the activity of nanozyme (NA-CDs/AuNPs) by MeHg+, a novel colorimetric nanoprobe for MeHg+ assay is proposed. The noradrenaline-based carbon dots (NA-CDs) as the reducing agent was applied to prepare the NA-CDs/AuNPs. The formation of gold amalgamation (Au@HgNPs) between nanozyme and MeHg+ allows to simultaneously accelerate the electron transfer from Au and Hg to NA-CDs and the generation of radicals (i.e. ∙OH, ∙O2- and ∙CH3). The NA-CDs/AuNPs has an outstanding anti-interference performance even in the presence of different mercury. Further density functionality theory (DFT) calculations revealed that the formation of Au@HgNPs via MeHg+ contributes to the significantly lowered activation energy, resulting in the peroxidase-like activity generation and acceleration. This leads to rapid (10 min) and specific colorimetric detection of MeHg+ with the detection limit of 0.06 μg L-1. This introduces a novel method for simple and sensitive detection of MeHg+, giving a new horizon for the assay of organometallic compounds.
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- Qiulan Li
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China; Institute of Agro-Products Processing, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization/Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
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- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunan, China
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Protein encapsulation of nanocatalysts: A feasible approach to facilitate catalytic theranostics. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2023; 192:114648. [PMID: 36513163 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Enzyme-mimicking nanocatalysts, also termed nanozymes, have attracted much attention in recent years. They are considered potential alternatives to natural enzymes due to their multiple catalytic activities and high stability. However, concerns regarding the colloidal stability, catalytic specificity, efficiency and biosafety of nanomaterials in biomedical applications still need to be addressed. Proteins are biodegradable macromolecules that exhibit superior biocompatibility and inherent bioactivities; hence, the protein modification of nanocatalysts is expected to improve their bioavailability to match clinical needs. The diversity of amino acid residues in proteins provides abundant functional groups for the conjugation or encapsulation of nanocatalysts. Moreover, protein encapsulation can not only improve the overall performance of nanocatalysts in biological systems, but also bestow materials with new features, such as targeting and retention in pathological sites. This review aims to report the recent developments and perspectives of protein-encapsulated catalysts in their functional improvements, modification methods and applications in biomedicine.
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An Oligopeptide-Protected Ultrasmall Gold Nanocluster with Peroxidase-Mimicking and Cellular-Imaging Capacities. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 28:molecules28010070. [PMID: 36615266 PMCID: PMC9822283 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28010070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recent decades have witnessed the rapid progress of nanozymes and their high promising applications in catalysis and bioclinics. However, the comprehensive synthetic procedures and harsh synthetic conditions represent significant challenges for nanozymes. In this study, monodisperse, ultrasmall gold clusters with peroxidase-like activity were prepared via a simple and robust one-pot method. The reaction of clusters with H2O2 and 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) followed the Michaelis-Menton kinetics. In addition, in vitro experiments showed that the prepared clusters had good biocompatibility and cell imaging ability, indicating their future potential as multi-functional materials.
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Applications of nanomaterial-based chemiluminescence sensors in environmental analysis. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Yañez-Aulestia A, Gupta NK, Hernández M, Osorio-Toribio G, Sánchez-González E, Guzmán-Vargas A, Rivera JL, Ibarra IA, Lima E. Gold nanoparticles: current and upcoming biomedical applications in sensing, drug, and gene delivery. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:10886-10895. [PMID: 36093914 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc04826d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) present unique physicochemical characteristics, low cytotoxicity, chemical stability, size/morphology tunability, surface functionalization capability, and optical properties which can be exploited for detection applications (colorimetry, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, and photoluminescence). The current challenge for AuNPs is incorporating these properties in developing more sensible and selective sensing methods and multifunctional platforms capable of controlled and precise drug or gene delivery. This review briefly highlights the recent progress of AuNPs in biomedicine as bio-sensors and targeted nano vehicles.
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- Ana Yañez-Aulestia
- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior S/N, CU, Del. Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, 04510, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior S/N, CU, Del. Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, 04510, Mexico. .,University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.,Department of Land, Water, and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Departamento de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán Av. 1 de Mayo s/n, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Edo. de Méx, 54740, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior S/N, CU, Del. Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, 04510, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior S/N, CU, Del. Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, 04510, Mexico.
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional - ESIQIE, Avenida IPN UPALM Edificio 7, Zacatenco, Mexico City, 07738, DF, Mexico.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, 58000, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior S/N, CU, Del. Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, 04510, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior S/N, CU, Del. Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico, 04510, Mexico.
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Liu C, Zhang Y, Wang P, Fan A. Enhancement effect of 2, 3-dimethyl maleic acid on luminol chemiluminescence reactions and its application in detection of sequence-specific DNA related to hepatitis B virus. Talanta 2022; 250:123724. [PMID: 35839608 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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2, 3-dimethyl maleic acid (DMMA) was found to enhance luminol-H2O2 chemiluminescent (CL) reactions, among which the strongest enhancement effect was observed by using polyethyleneimine-templated gold nanoclusters (PEI-Au NCs) as the catalyst. With the addition of DMMA, the CL signal of the PEI-Au NCs-catalyzed luminol-H2O2 reaction enhanced about 630-fold, and a flash-type CL profile was obtained. Mechanism studies showed that the luminophore was still 3-aminophthalate anions in the excited state (3-APA*), and superoxide radical (O2·-) played an important role during the CL process. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the lowest concentration of PEI-Au NCs can be detected was 0.168 nM which was 82-fold lower than that without an enhancer. Furthermore, the catalytic activity of biotinylated PEI-Au NCs in the DMMA-enhanced luminol system was similar to PEI-Au NCs, providing a good opportunity for the development of CL bioanalysis platforms using PEI-Au NCs as the label. Thus, the DMMA-enhanced luminol-H2O2 system was applied to the CL detection of sequence-specific DNA related to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) using PEI-Au NCs as the label. The CL platform exhibited linearly enhanced CL response with the increasing amount of target DNA ranging from 0.0025 to 0.5 pmol. As low as 0.002 pmol of HBV DNA could be sensitively detected, which was superior to the previously reported methods.
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- Chang Liu
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, PR China.
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Tian M, Zhao L, Wang Y, Liu G, Zhang P. Determination of Glucose by the Catalysis of Luminol Chemiluminescence Using One-Step Synthesized Platinum/Silver Nanoparticles as a Peroxidase Mimetic. ANAL LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2022.2096626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Miaomiao Tian
- Institute of Chemical and Industrial Bioengineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Industrial Bioengineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Industrial Bioengineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Industrial Bioengineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Industrial Bioengineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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Wang R, Yue N, Fan A. Nanomaterial-enhanced chemiluminescence reactions and their applications. Analyst 2020; 145:7488-7510. [PMID: 33030463 DOI: 10.1039/d0an01300e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chemiluminescence (CL) analysis is a trace analytical method that possesses advantages including high sensitivity, wide linear range, easy operation, and simple instruments. With the development of nanotechnology, many nanomaterial (NM)-enhanced CL systems have been established in recent years and applied for the CL detection of metal ions, anions, small molecules, tumor markers, sequence-specific DNA, and RNA. This review summarizes the research progress of the nanomaterial-enhanced CL systems the past five years. These CL reactions include luminol, peroxyoxalate, lucigenin, ultraweak CL reactions, and so on. The CL mechanisms of the nanomaterial-enhanced CL systems are discussed in the first section. Nanomaterials take part in the CL reactions as the catalyst, CL emitter, energy acceptor, and reductant. Their applications are summarized in the second section. Finally, the challenges and opportunities are discussed.
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- Ruyuan Wang
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China.
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Han S, Zhao Y, Zhang Z, Xu G. Recent Advances in Electrochemiluminescence and Chemiluminescence of Metal Nanoclusters. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25215208. [PMID: 33182342 PMCID: PMC7664927 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25215208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Metal nanoclusters (NCs), including Au, Ag, Cu, Pt, Ni and alloy NCs, have become more and more popular sensor probes with good solubility, biocompatibility, size-dependent luminescence and catalysis. The development of electrochemiluminescent (ECL) and chemiluminescent (CL) analytical methods based on various metal NCs have become research hotspots. To improve ECL and CL performances, many strategies are proposed, from metal core to ligand, from intermolecular electron transfer to intramolecular electron transfer. Combined with a variety of amplification technology, i.e., nanostructure-based enhancement and biological signal amplification, highly sensitive ECL and CL analytical methods are developed. We have summarized the research progresses since 2016. Also, we discuss the current challenges and perspectives on the development of this area.
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- Shuang Han
- School of Science, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China; (S.H.); (Y.Z.)
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- School of Science, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China; (S.H.); (Y.Z.)
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- School of Science, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China; (S.H.); (Y.Z.)
- Correspondence: (Z.Z.); (G.X.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Correspondence: (Z.Z.); (G.X.)
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Li Y, Wang R, Fan A. Gold Nanocluster-catalyzed Luminol Chemiluminescent Sensing Method for Sensitive and Selective Detection of Alkaline Phosphatase. ANAL SCI 2020; 36:1075-1079. [PMID: 32307349 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.20p098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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A sensitive sensing method was developed for the determination of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity based on gold nanocluster (Au NC)-catalyzed luminol-H2O2 chemiluminescent (CL) reaction. The CL signal of luminol-H2O2-Au NCs can be quenched by ascorbic acid, which was the product of magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (MAP) hydrolysis reaction catalyzed by ALP. The proposed sensing platform showed convenient, sensitive and selective detection of ALP in the range of 0.0027 - 1.3890 U L-1, with the detection limit of 0.0026 U L-1. The broad detection linear range and ultra-high sensitivity were inherited from the efficient free radical scavenging capability of ascorbic acid on the luminol-H2O2-Au NCs CL reaction. The CL sensing platform was applied to the detection of ALP activity in serum samples. We believe that this sensing platform is a universal CL strategy for ALP detection because ascorbic acid is an efficient CL quencher for many CL reactions.
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- Ying Li
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, China.
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One‐step synthesis of cationic gold nanoclusters with high catalytic activity on luminol chemiluminescence reaction. LUMINESCENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/bio.3916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Zhang Y, Cui G, Meng Y, Wang Y, Hun X. Chemiluminescence assay for Listeria monocytogenes based on Cu/Co/Ni ternary nanocatalyst coupled with penicillin as generic capturing agent. LUMINESCENCE 2020; 36:11-19. [PMID: 32602594 DOI: 10.1002/bio.3908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bacterial pathogen control is important in seafood production. In this study, a Cu/Co/Ni ternary nanoalloy (Cu/Co/Ni TNA) was synthesized using the oleylamine reducing method. It was found that Cu/Co/Ni TNA greatly enhanced the chemiluminescence (CL) signal of the hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid (HOSA)-luminol system. The CL properties of Cu/Co/Ni TNA were investigated systemically. The possible CL mechanism also was intensively investigated. Based on the enhanced CL phenomenon of Cu/Co/Ni TNA, a Cu/Co/Ni TNA, penicillin, and anti-L. monocytogenes (Listeria monocytogenes) antibody-based sandwich complex assay for detection of L. monocytogenes was established. In this sandwich CL assay, penicillin was employed to capture and enrich pathogenic bacteria with penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) while anti-L. monocytogenes antibody was adopted as the specific recognition molecule to recognize L. monocytogenes. L. monocytogenes was detected sensitively based on this new Cu/Co/Ni TNA-HOSA-luminol CL system. The CL intensity was proportional to the L. monocytogenes concentration ranging from 2.0 × 102 CFU ml-1 to 3.0 × 107 CFU ml-1 and the limit of detection wa 70 CFU ml-1 . The reliability and potential applications of our method was verified by comparison with official methods and recovery tests in environment and food samples.
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- Yue Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong; College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering; Institute of Life Sciences and Biomass Resources; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong; College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering; Institute of Life Sciences and Biomass Resources; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong; College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering; Institute of Life Sciences and Biomass Resources; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong; College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering; Institute of Life Sciences and Biomass Resources; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE; Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis; Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong; College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering; Institute of Life Sciences and Biomass Resources; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Zhang L, Hou Y, Guo X, Liu W, Lv C, Zhang C, Jin Y, Li B. Fe(III) bipyridyl or phenanthroline complexes with oxidase-like activity for sensitive colorimetric detection of glutathione. LUMINESCENCE 2020; 35:1350-1359. [PMID: 32515064 DOI: 10.1002/bio.3897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In this study, three types of Fe(III) bipyridyl or phenanthroline (Fe(III)-L3 ) complex could directly catalyze 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to induce blue chromogenic changes without H2 O2 . Fe(III)-L3 complex could induce a colour change in TMB directly after a short incubation time. Due to the high oxidase-like activity of the Fe(III)-L3 complexes, superoxide anion radicals (O2 •- ) were formed in solution. Intermediates radical involving oxo-iron species were then produced that oxidized TMB to its oxidation products (oxTMB), which had an absorbance maximum at 652 nm. Glutathione (GSH) could inhibit the oxidation reaction of the Fe(III)-L3 complex-TMB system, a rapidly colorimetric method was established for the specific detection of GSH that had a detection limit of 0.1 μM. Furthermore, Fe(III)-L3 complexes could catalyze TMB to oxTMB directly without H2 O2 . This fast and simple colorimetric method may open a new avenue for application in the point-of-care diagnosis field using the TMB chromogenic system.
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- Liu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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Huang Y, Yue N, Fan A. Cationic liposome-triggered luminol chemiluminescence reaction and its applications. Analyst 2020; 145:4551-4559. [PMID: 32421110 DOI: 10.1039/d0an00632g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Liposomes are spherical phospholipid bilayer vesicles. In the present study, we found that cationic liposomes made by (2,3-dioleoyloxy-propyl)-trimethylammonium (DOTAP) could enhance the luminol-H2O2 chemiluminescence (CL) reaction. Mechanism studies showed that the positive charge on the surface of liposomes plays an important role in the CL process. We speculated that the cationic liposomes with quaternary ammonium groups on the surface may be capable of catalyzing the decomposition of H2O2 leading to the formation of oxygen-related free radicals including ˙OH, 1O2, and O2˙-. The luminol anions tend to move close to the surface of the cationic liposomes and then to be oxidized by the oxidizing radical species which may be around the surface of cationic liposomes forming excited-state 3-aminophthalate* (3-APA*). When the 3-APA* returns to the ground state, an enhanced CL is observed. In addition, the single-strand DNA (ssDNA) showed a significant inhibition effect on the proposed CL reaction. The CL intensity decreased linearly with an increasing amount of DNA from 0.05 to 2 pmol. We assumed that the binding of ssDNA with cationic liposomes would neutralize the positive charge on the surface of liposomes and inhibit the catalytic activity of DOTAP cationic liposomes. Based on the ssDNA-inhibited luminol-H2O2-cationic liposome CL reaction, simple label-free CL sensing platforms were developed for the detection of sequence-specific DNA related to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene and for the detection of ATP (as a model analyte) using an anti-ATP aptamer as the recognition element.
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- Yongxin Huang
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China.
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Meng X, Zare I, Yan X, Fan K. Protein-protected metal nanoclusters: An emerging ultra-small nanozyme. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 12:e1602. [PMID: 31724330 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Protein-protected metal nanoclusters (MNCs), typically consisting of several to a hundred metal atoms with a protein outer layer used for protecting clusters from aggregation, are excellent fluorescent labels for biomedical applications due to their extraordinary photoluminescence, facile synthesis and good biocompatibility. Interestingly, many protein-protected MNCs have also been reported to exhibit intrinsic enzyme-like activities, namely peroxidase, oxidase and catalase activities, and are consequently used for biological analysis and environmental treatment. These findings have extended the horizon of protein-protected MNCs' properties as well as their application in various fields. Furthermore, in the field of nanozymes, protein-protected MNCs have emerged as an outstanding new addition. Due to their ultra-small size (<2 nm), they usually have higher catalytic activity, more suitable size for in vivo application, better biocompatibility and photoluminescence in comparison with large size nanozymes. In this review, we will systematically introduce the significant advances in this field and critically discuss the challenges that lie ahead. Ultra-small nanozymes based on protein-protected MNCs are on the verge of attracting great interest across various disciplines and will stimulate research in the fields of nanotechnology and biology. This article is characterized under: Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Emerging Technologies Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Protein and Virus-Based Structures.
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- Xiangqin Meng
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceutical, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
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- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceutical, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Joint Laboratory of Nanozymes in Zhengzhou University, Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, Key Laboratory of Protein and Peptide Pharmaceutical, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yang N, Huang Y, Ding G, Fan A. In Situ Generation of Prussian Blue with Potassium Ferrocyanide to Improve the Sensitivity of Chemiluminescence Immunoassay Using Magnetic Nanoparticles as Label. Anal Chem 2019; 91:4906-4912. [PMID: 30862157 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Using magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) as a label in immunoassay (IA) possesses advantages such as high specific surface area, simple modification process. However, the catalytic activity of MNPs is low, which limits their applications in IA. The present study found it interesting that potassium ferrocyanide reacts with MNPs, leading to the in situ generation of Prussian blue. The produced Prussian blue shows high catalytic activity on a luminol chemiluminescent (CL) reaction. Therefore, a simple and sensitive immunoassay for rabbit IgG (rIgG) as model analyte using MNPs as label was developed. The CL intensity had a linear increase with the concentration of rIgG that ranged from 0.625 to 20 ng mL-1. The limit of detection was calculated to be 0.59 ng mL-1. In addition, the applicability of this method was evaluated using the standard addition method. The recovery ranged from 80.0% to 115.0%. What's more, the proposed CLIA method based on in situ generation of Prussian blue with MNPs was also applied to the detection of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related sequence-specific DNA. The LOD for the detection of CEA and sequence-specific DNA was estimated to be 0.28 ng mL-1 and 0.044 pmol, respectively.
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- Ning Yang
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery and High Efficiency, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery and High Efficiency, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery and High Efficiency, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery and High Efficiency, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , People's Republic of China
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Wu J, Wang X, Wang Q, Lou Z, Li S, Zhu Y, Qin L, Wei H. Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes (II). Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:1004-1076. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00457a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1628] [Impact Index Per Article: 325.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An updated comprehensive review to help researchers understand nanozymes better and in turn to advance the field.
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- Jiangjiexing Wu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
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Huang YQ, Fu S, Wang YS, Xue JH, Xiao XL, Chen SH, Zhou B. Protamine-gold nanoclusters as peroxidase mimics and the selective enhancement of their activity by mercury ions for highly sensitive colorimetric assay of Hg(II). Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 410:7385-7394. [PMID: 30215122 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1344-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We certify that protamine-gold nanoclusters (PRT-AuNCs) synthesized by one-pot method exhibit peroxidase-like activity. The catalytic activity of PRT-AuNCs followed typical Michaelis-Menten kinetics and exhibited higher affinity to 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) as the substrate compared to that of natural horseradish peroxidase. Meanwhile, we found that Hg(II) could dramatically and selectively enhance the peroxidase-like activity of PRT-AuNCs, and the enhanced mechanism by Hg(II) was demonstrated to be generation of the cationic Au species and the partly oxidized Au species (Auδ+) by Hg2+-Au0/Au+ interaction. Based on this finding, quantitative determinations of Hg(II) via visual observation and absorption spectra were achieved. The proposed strategy displays high selectivity that arises from the strong aurophilic interaction of mercury towards gold. Moreover, the developed method is highly sensitive with a wide linear range and low detection limit of 1.16 nM. This strategy is not only helpful to develop effective nanomaterials-based artificial enzyme mimics but also irradiative to discover new applications of artificial mimic enzymes in bio-detection, medical diagnostics, and biotechnology. Graphical abstract Protamine-gold nanoclusters (PRT-AuNCs) synthesized by one-pot method exhibit peroxidase-like activity. Hg(II) can stimulate the peroxidase-like activity of PRT-AuNCs selectively, enhancing their ability to catalyze the chromogenic reaction of TMB by H2O2.
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- Yan-Qin Huang
- College of Public Health, University of South China, West Changsheng Road 28#, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China
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- College of Public Health, University of South China, West Changsheng Road 28#, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China
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- College of Public Health, University of South China, West Changsheng Road 28#, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China.
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- College of Public Health, University of South China, West Changsheng Road 28#, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China
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- College of Public Health, University of South China, West Changsheng Road 28#, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China
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- College of Public Health, University of South China, West Changsheng Road 28#, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, China
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