Figure 6.
(A) Schematic illustration of paclitaxel-loaded Tat peptide nanofibers. (B) TEM image of paclitaxel-loaded Tat nanofibers in PBS. (C) Confocal image of the endocytosis pathway of drug release. (D) CD spectrum of the Tat peptide nanofibers. (E) KB-3-1 cervical cancer cell inhibition by the drug-loaded peptides. Reprinted with permission from Zhang P, Cheetham AG, Lin YA, Cui H. Self-assembled tat nanofibers as effective drug carrier and transporter. Acs Nano. 2013;7(7):5965–5977. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society.64
Abbreviations: TEM, transmission electron microscopy; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; CD, circular dichroism.