@article{b8bc2a2b67054ebcbcdc11ba2fe60583,
title = "Luminescent iridium(iii) complexes as COX-2-specific imaging agents in cancer cells",
abstract = "Two luminescent iridium(iii) complexes, 1 and 2, were synthesized and evaluated for their ability to probe COX-2 in human cancer cells. This is the first application of iridium(iii) complexes as imaging agents for COX-2. We demonstrate that complex 1 differentiates cancer cells from normal cells with high stability and low cytotoxicity.",
author = "Chenfu Liu and Chao Yang and Lihua Lu and Wanhe Wang and Weihong Tan and Leung, {Chung Hang} and Ma, {Edmond Dik Lung}",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by Hong Kong Baptist University (FRG2/15-16/002), the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF/14130522), the Research Grants Council (HKBU/12301115, HKBU/204612 and HKBU/201913), the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche/Research Grants Council Joint Research Scheme (AHKBU201/12; Oligoswitch ANR-12-IS07-0001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21575121), the Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation (2015A030313816), the Hong Kong Baptist University Century Club Sponsorship Scheme 2016, Interdisciplinary Research Matching Scheme (RC-IRMS/15-16/ 03), the Science and Technology Development Fund, Macao SAR (098/2014/A2), and the University of Macau (MYRG2015-00137-ICMS-QRCM, MYRG2016-00151-ICMS-QRCM and MRG044/LCH/2015/ICMS), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (21628502).",
year = "2017",
month = mar,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1039/c6cc08109f",
language = "English",
volume = "53",
pages = "2822--2825",
journal = "Chemical Communications",
issn = "1359-7345",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "19",
}
