Figure 4. Targeted microbubbles bind cultured human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs).
Targeted microbubbles were exposed to HAEC cells in flow chambers and cell-bound microbubbles were counted. VCAM-1-targeted microbubbles had significantly increased binding to HAEC cells compared to control (no-peptide) and other microbubble preparations (P < .05). Error bars show standard deviation for 3ā5 experiments. Inset displays a screenshot of video of VCAM-targeted microbubbles (red) bound to a HAEC (green).
