Figure 4.
Human vascular smooth muscle cells transfected with pEGFP delivered with APTES-SiNPs. A combined transmission and fluorescence image is shown. Fluorescence spectra of pEGFP taken in human vascular smooth muscle cells (magnification 400×).
Abbreviations: APTES, aminopropyltriethoxysilane; SiNPs, silicon dioxide nanoparticles; pEGFP, plasmid encoding for enhanced green fluorescent protein.