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. 2020 Mar 24;8:237. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00237

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

The preparation and characterization of MSN-ICG. (A) The preparation process of MSN-ICG. (B) TEM images of MSN before and after ICG loading. (C,D) Live/dead staining and cell apoptosis analysis of 4T1 cells treated with control, ICG or MSN-ICG with or without 808 nm laser irradiation under normoxic or hypoxic condition. (E) Measurements of hypoxia and ROS for 4T1 cells treated with control, ICG or MSN-ICG with 808 nm laser irradiation under normoxia. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 compared with control group by Student’s t-test. MSN-ICG, indocyanine green-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles.