Figure 2.

In vivo imaging of tumor-bearing mice after administration of Cy-7 loaded DAHC micelles (A) and Cy-7 loaded OPD(20%)-DAHC micelles (B) at 1, 6, 12, and 24 hours.

Note: Reprinted from Biomaterials, 33(27), Huo M, Zou A, Yao C, et al, Somatostatin receptor-mediated tumor-targeting drug delivery using octreotide-PEG-deoxycholic acid conjugate-modified N-deoxycholic acid-O, N-hydroxyethylation chitosan micelles, 6393–6407, Copyright (2012) with permission from Elsevier.⁷⁴

Abbreviations: DAHC, N-deoxycholic acid-O,N-hydroxyethylation chitosan; OPD, OCT(Phe)-PEG-DOCA; h, hours.