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. 2018 Apr 5;13:2079–2091. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S153701

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© 2018 Brueckner et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License

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Representative CLSM images after co-incubating LbL-microparticles (columns 1 and 3) and LbL-microcapsules (columns 2 and 4) with negative (columns 1 and 2) or positive (columns 3 and 4) surface charge and different cell types (A: HL-60 cells, B: U937 cells and C: HEK293T cells) to differentiate internalized LbL-microcarriers and LbL-microcarriers just adhering to the cell surface.

Note: Scale bars: 20 µm.

Abbreviations: CLSM, confocal laser scanning microscopy; LbL, layer-by-layer; PEMCs, polyelectrolyte-coated microcapsules; PEMPs, polyelectrolyte-coated microparticles.