Disclosed are a cyanine dye compound and a preparation method therefor, and a dual-function agent for photodynamic therapy and a preparation method therefor. The provided cyanine dye compound is connected to multiple markers, which improves the accuracy of combination of dye and tumor cells, effectively reduces the background value, and avoids excessive residues in the liver. The provided cyanine dye compound is conjugated with the photosensitizer at 2′″ position, so that tumor highly absorbs the conjugates.

The present invention relates to a method for detecting renal disease and for assessing the efficacy of dialysis treatment using imaging agents having desirable in vivo properties.

The present invention provides dioxetane-based chemiluminescence probes, more specifically fluorophore-tethered dioxetane-based chemiluminescence probes and compositions thereof. The chemiluminescence probes disclosed are useful for both diagnostics and in vivo imaging.

The present disclosure relates to compounds that are useful as near-infrared fluorescence probes, wherein the compounds include i) a ligand that binds to the active site of carbonic anhydrase, ii) a dye molecule, and iii) a linker molecule that comprises an amino acid, amide, ureido, or polyethylene glycol derivative thereof. The disclosure further describes methods and compositions for making and using the compounds, methods incorporating the compounds, and kits incorporating the compounds.

A dye-drug conjugate for preventing, treating, or imaging cancer having the following structure:

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wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of —H, alkyl, alkyl-sulphonate, alkylcarboxylic, alkylamino, aryl, —SO.sub.3H, —PO.sub.3H, —OH, —NH.sub.2, and -halogen; wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylsulphonate, alkylcarboxylic, alkylamino, ω-alkylaminium, ω-alkynyl, PEGyl, PEGylcarboxylate, ω-PEGylaminium, ω-acyl-NH, ω-acyl-lysinyl-, ω-acyl-triazole, ω-PEGylcarboxyl-NH—, ω-PEGylcarboxyl-lysinyl, and ω-PEGylcarboxyl-triazole; wherein X is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, halogen, CN, Me, NH.sub.2, SH and OH; and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently a hydrogen, a therapeutic agent, or an imaging moiety, wherein the therapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of a platinum-based therapeutic agent, a small molecule therapeutic agent, a peptide, a protein, a polymer, an siRNA, a microRNA, and a nanoparticle, wherein the imaging is a radio-isotope selected from the group consisting of F18, I-125, I-124 I-123, I-131, and small molecule labeled with any of these isotopes, or wherein the imaging moiety is a chelator-complexed radioactive isotope, wherein the radioactive isotope is selected from the group consisting of Cu-64, In-111, Tc-99m, Ga-68, Lu-177, Zo-89, Th-227 and Gd-157.

Provided herein are heterocyclic near infrared compounds, including near IR compounds defined by Formulae I-V described herein. The near infrared compounds can include a cyanine group, a phthalocyanine group, a naphthalocyanine group, a squaraine group, a carbocyanine group, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the near infrared compound can be charged. In some embodiments, the near infrared compound can comprise a cationic group. Compositions comprising the near infrared compounds are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the composition can contain the near infrared compound, a polymer, and an acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, the polymer can include an anionic group. The compositions can be used as a coating for marking a surface, such as an ink. The compositions can also be used on articles for detecting, identifying, or authenticating the article. Methods of making the compositions described herein are also disclosed.

Hydrogels that degrade under appropriate conditions of pH and temperature by virtue of crosslinking compounds that cleave through an elimination reaction are described. The hydrogels may be used for delivery of various agents, such as pharmaceuticals.

The present disclosure relates to the fields of near-infrared surgical navigation fluorescent molecules, cell marker imaging and so on, and in particular discloses an active targeting near-infrared fluorescent small molecule structure and a preparation method thereof. The present disclosure prepares the active targeting near-infrared fluorescent small molecule with pemetrexed disodium and derivatives thereof as active targeting groups by utilizing an organic total synthesis method. Such active targeting near-infrared fluorescent molecule has the advantages of high active targeting property, strong specificity, good water solubility, high fluorescence quantum yield and so on.

Neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor-binding agent delivery conjugates, compositions comprising NK-1 receptor-binding agent delivery conjugates, and methods for making and administering NK-1 receptor-binding agent delivery conjugates are provided. A conjugate may include an NK-1 receptor-binding moiety, a linker group containing at least one linker selected from the group of a releasable linker and a spacer linker, and an active agent linked to the linker group. The active agent may be selected from the group of fluorophore-containing compounds, radionuclide-containing compounds, and therapeutic agents for treatment of tumor cells characterized by over-expression of the NK-1 receptor.

A curable composition includes: a near infrared absorbing compound that includes a cation having an absorption in a near infrared range and an anion; a salt of an anion that is a component other than the near infrared absorbing compound and has a conjugate acid pKa of −8 or lower; and a curable compound.