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. 2018 May 23;19(6):1549. doi: 10.3390/ijms19061549

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic representation of the nanoparticles with different coating surfaces and their ability to interact with the mucus layer: (a) non-mucoadhesives (non-interacting layer); (b) mucoadhesives (polymer layer); and (c) mucus-penetrating nanosystems (PEG layer).