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. 2021 Jul 6;13(14):3387. doi: 10.3390/cancers13143387

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The mechanism of action of polymeric NPs consists of the internalization of the NPs into the cell that is produced through endocytosis, producing changes in the stability and cargo of the NPs. The following step is the cleavage of the NPs by endosome formation and lysosome fusion to release the drug by erosion of the NPs.