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ArticleNature communications2025

Near-infrared long lifetime upconversion nanoparticles for ultrasensitive microRNA detection via time-gated luminescence resonance energy transfer.

Suyeon Kim, Yeonkyung Park, Jiwoo Han, Hansol Kim, Hyowon Jang, Sohyung Kim, Dongkyu Kang, Min-Young Lee, Byeong-Ho Jeong, Yuree Byun and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Suyeon Kim *Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1598-0788
Yeonkyung Park *Bionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Jiwoo HanDepartment of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hansol KimBionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Hyowon JangBionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Sohyung KimDepartment of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Dongkyu KangDepartment of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Min-Young LeeDepartment of Nano-Bio Convergence, Surface Materials Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea.
Byeong-Ho JeongDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yuree ByunSmart Healthcare Research Institute, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Kyung LimBionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2793-3700
Juyeon JungBionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1969-321X
Taejoon KangBionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea. kangtaejoon@kribb.re.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5387-6458
Joonseok LeeDepartment of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. joonseoklee@hanyang.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9551-6402

Funding

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) KGM1032511Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) KGM1322511Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) 2021M3H4A1A02051048Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) 2022R1A6C101A779Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) 2023R1A2C2003128Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea) 2410006980/RS-2024-00508652Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea) RS-2022-00154853Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea) RS-2024-00432382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP)-based luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET) biosensing offers advantages such as wash-free detection and precise biomolecule quantification. However, its sensitivity remains limited due to continuous energy transfer in co-doped UCNPs during LRET. Here we present a time-gated LRET strategy using near-infrared (NIR) long-lived luminescent UCNP donors (L-TG-LRET), achieving an 8-fold increase in luminescence lifetime without compromising emission intensity. This prolonged energy migration and transfer pathway significantly enhances sensitivity by preventing rapid Tm

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Biosensing TechniquesFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferMicroRNAsNanoparticlesCell Line, TumorEnergy TransferExosomesHumansLuminescenceLuminescent MeasurementsMicroRNAs

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