Figure 6.
Prussian blue staining of tumor tissues after intravenous injection of RGD-PAA-USPIO (A), plain USPIO (B), or RGD-PAA-USPIO plus free RGD peptides (C) and conventional HE staining (D) (×200).
Note: The arrow in the figures refer to the different iron particles of Prussian blue staining from RGD-PAA-USPIO(A), plain USPIO (B), and RGD-PAA-USPIO plus free RGD (C).
Abbreviations: HE, hematoxylin and eosin; PAA, polyacrylic acid; RGD, arginine-glycine-aspartic acid; USPIO, ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide.
