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8-Bromo-2'-deoxyguanosine is an inflammation-related DNA halogenated adduct and an early biomarker of inflammation-induced oxidative tissue damage. The formation of 8-Bromo-2'-deoxyguanosine precedes that of oxidative and nitrative products, and it can be generated via the MPO-H₂O₂-Cl ^--Br ^- system. 8-Bromo-2'-deoxyguanosine serves as the immunogen for preparing the monoclonal antibody mAb8B3, which can be used to detect early DNA modifications in preclinical models; its urinary level also increases significantly in inflammatory disease models. 8-Bromo-2'-deoxyguanosine can also be produced in the dermis of UV-B irradiated mice, and the extract of Coprinus comatus significantly reduces its level. 8-Bromo-2'-deoxyguanosine finds applications in studies related to inflammatory diseases, diabetes, hepatocellular carcinoma, and UV-B induced skin inflammation .

IP6C is a specific inhibitor and phage sensitizer targeting type II Thoeris systems. IP6C competitively binds to histidine in the catalytic pocket of ThsB, blocks the production of the His-ADPR alarm signal and inhibits ThsA activation, thereby relieving bacterial stasis of phage replication. IP6C selectively resensitizes drug-resistant bacteria carrying type II Thoeris systems (such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa) to phage lysis, without affecting other bacteria, and shows no toxicity to mice and human cell lines. IP6C significantly improves the survival rate of infected mice, and can be used to overcome bacterial phage defense mechanisms and study Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections .
Thoeris system: (named after the Egyptian goddess of fertility and protection), is a widespread anti-phage immune defense system in bacteria and archaea. Thoeris system belongs to the "Abortion Infection (Abi)" mechanism of bacteria: when an individual bacterium detects phage invasion, it initiates a suicide program and dies, thereby blocking phage replication and spread, and protecting the surrounding bacterial population from infection.

Mito-RhFe is a Fluorescent probe for mitochondrial labile Fe³⁺ monitoring via imaging and flow cytometry. This probe is a rhodamine-based construct with a spirolactam fluorescence signaling group and an N2-hydroxyethyldiethylenetriamine chelator; its delocalized positive charge enables mitochondria-targeting ability in live cells, and it exhibits fine cell membrane permeability. In its native state, it exists in the non-fluorescent spirolactam form, but upon binding to Fe³⁺, it undergoes a ring-opening conversion to the fluorescent rhodamine form, triggering a turn-on fluorescent response; this process is reversible, as the addition of the metal chelator TPEN removes Fe³⁺ and converts the probe back to its non-fluorescent spirolactam form, and re-addition of Fe³⁺ restores fluorescence. The probe shows high selectivity for Fe³⁺ over most other metal cations present in living systems, with a ~90-fold fluorescence enhancement upon binding to 20 equiv of Fe³⁺. Mito-RhFe has excitation/emission wavelengths of Ex/Em = 540/578 nm, with an ~8 nm bathochromic shift in emission upon Fe³⁺ binding, and it can also be excited at 543 nm for confocal imaging with emission detected at 570-620 nm[1].

CMTDP is a Fluorescent probe for detecting local polarity changes around the Cys34 domain of bovine serum albumin during pH-induced N→B conformational transition. It is a thiol-specific and polarity-sensitive probe; it covalently labels the free cysteine residue at position 34 (Cys34) of bovine serum albumin, and its fluorescence maximum emission wavelength shifts in response to solvent polarity, but not to pH and temperature. When labeled to BSA, as the local polarity around the Cys34 domain increases with rising pH, the probe shows a bathchromic shift in fluorescence emission wavelength and a decrease in fluorescence intensity, which allows quantification of the local polarity change via the relationship between emission wavelength shift and dielectric constant. CMTDP itself has absorption peaks at ~392 and 508 nm, and CMTDP-labeled BSA has excitation maxima at 376 and 470 nm at pH 6.0, with the shorter-wavelength excitation peak red-shifting as pH increases while the longer one remains stable; when excited at 470 nm, the fluorescence emission maximum shifts from 570 nm at pH 6.0 to 577 nm at pH 9.1, while free CMTDP at pH 7.4 has an emission maximum at 621 nm. The excitation/emission wavelengths for CMTDP-labeled BSA are Ex/Em = 376/570 nm at pH 6.0, Ex/Em = ~376+/573 nm at pH 7.4, Ex/Em = ~376+/575 nm at pH 8.0, Ex/Em = ~376+/577 nm at pH 9.1, and for free CMTDP at pH 7.4, Ex/Em (when excited at 470 nm) = 470/621 nm[1].

MBCB is a two-photon Fluorescent probe for dual-detection of mitochondrial SO₂ derivatives and viscosity. For SO₂ derivatives detection, the probe utilizes a Michael addition mechanism: nucleophilic addition of SO₂ derivatives to the C=C bond between the carbazole skeleton and 3-methylbenzothiazolium moiety destroys the strong intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) system between these groups, while enhancing the weak ICT system between the benzothiazole group and carbazole framework; this causes the red emission at 600 nm to decrease and the blue emission at 434 nm to increase, creating a ratiometric response based on the I₄₃₄ₙₘ/I₆₀₀ₙₘ intensity ratio. For viscosity detection, in low-viscosity environments, steric hindrance creates a twisted ICT (TICT) system with weak fluorescence, while in high-viscosity environments, intramolecular rotation is blocked, the TICT state is disrupted, and the strong ICT system is recovered, leading to a strong red emission at 567 nm with negligible change to the short-wavelength emission at 415 nm, creating a ratiometric response based on the I₅₆₇ₙₘ/I₄₁₅ₙₘ intensity ratio that has a logarithmic linear relationship with viscosity. The probe has excitation/emission wavelengths of Ex/Em = 351/434, 600 nm for SO₂ derivatives detection and Ex/Em = 351/567 nm for viscosity detection, with two-photon excitation at 740 nm for bioimaging; it also exhibits good mitochondrial targeting ability with a Pearson's colocalization coefficient of 0.93 when paired with Mito-Tracker Green. The probe shows high sensitivity and selectivity for SO₂ derivatives, has low cell cytotoxicity, and can be applied to detect exogenous/endogenous HSO₃⁻ in living cells and in vivo, as well as visualize mitochondrial viscosity changes induced by nystatin[1].