. 2018 Feb 11;10(2):174. doi: 10.3390/polym10020174

Table 1.

Size, Tf amount and circulating tumor cell (CTC) capturing efficiency in an artificial CTCs suspension (HCT 116) for all MNG@Tf.

Sample	Tf-(PEG_n-N₃)_x		Size (nm) ^b	Tf Amount per MNG (µg mg⁻¹) ^c	CTC Capturing Efficiency (%)
Sample	n	x ^a	Size (nm) ^b	Tf Amount per MNG (µg mg⁻¹) ^c	CTC Capturing Efficiency (%)
MNG1	-	-	230 ± 90	-	13
MNG@Tf 1	4	1	160 ± 90	4	23
MNG@Tf 2	8		110 ± 90	2	33
MNG@Tf 3	12		120 ± 60	2	23
MNG@Tf 4	4	3	140 ± 70	4	64
MNG@Tf 5	8		110 ± 40	4	81
MNG@Tf 6	12		130 ± 50	6	67
MNG@Tf 7	4	5	150 ± 80	4	60
MNG@Tf 8	8		210 ± 80	4	65
MNG@Tf 9	12		190 ± 70	2	58
MNG@Tf 10	4	9	170 ± 90	2	50
MNG@Tf 11	8		160 ± 40	2	35
MNG@Tf 12	12		150 ± 90	2	50
MNG@Tf 13 ^d	8	3	140 ± 40	2	22

^a Ratio based on mass shift detected by MALDI-TOF-MS; ^b Hydrodynamic diameter obtained through NTA; ^c Concentration obtained through Bradford protein assay; ^d N₃-tPG-N₃ with M_w = 15 kDa. For all other MNGs the polymer network N₃-tPG-N₃ with M_w = 5 kDa was used.