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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Soc Rev. 2017 Jul 17;46(14):4218–4244. doi: 10.1039/c6cs00636a

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Schematic illustration of the opsonization process, initiated by the adsorption of immunoglobulins or other complement proteins (opsonins) to the nanoparticle’s surface. Opsonized particles are subsequently identified through receptors on phagocytic cells and internalized.