Two-photon probes for biomedical applications

BMB Rep. 2013 Apr;46(4):188-94. doi: 10.5483/bmbrep.2013.46.4.045.

Abstract

Two-photon microscopy (TPM), which uses two photons of lower energy as the excitation source, is a vital tool in biology and clinical science, due to its capacity to image deep inside intact tissues for a long period of time. To make TPM a more versatile tool in biomedical research, we have developed a variety of two-photon probes for specific applications. In this mini review, we will briefly discuss two-photon probes for lipid rafts, lysosomes, mitochondria, and pH, and their biomedical applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autophagy
  • Esophagitis / physiopathology
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Lipid Bilayers / chemistry
  • Lipid Bilayers / metabolism
  • Lysosomes / pathology
  • Microscopy, Confocal*
  • Mitochondria / pathology
  • Molecular Probes / chemistry*
  • Molecular Probes / metabolism
  • Photons

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Molecular Probes