Figure 3.
Cellular uptake of nanoparticles.
Note: CLSM images of U251 cells incubated with free DOX and SPIO@DSPE-PEG/DOX/ICG NPs at a DOX concentration of 6 µg/mL for 1 hour.
Abbreviations: CLSM, confocal laser scan microscopy; DOX, doxorubicin; DSPE-PEG, 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[methoxy(polyethylene glycol)]; ICG, indocyanine green; SPIO NPs, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.