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. 2022 Jul 16;20:333. doi: 10.1186/s12951-022-01544-0

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Effect of dexamethasone encapsulation on NP adsorption to human RBCs. a Evaluation of optimal initial dexamethasone content. 10 mg initial DEX content shows maximal and sufficient EE%. b Scanning electron microscopy images representing DEX-PLGA-NP adsorption onto human RBCs. c Scanning electron microscopy images representing DEX-PLGA-NP adsorption onto mouse RBCs. Scale bars indicate 1 µm. d Coupling efficiency of PLGA65:35 and DEX-PLGA65:35 NPs, onto human RBCs at different RBC:NP incubation ratios. e Percentages of human RBC populations carrying PLGA65:35 or DEX-PLGA65:35 NP. f Hemolysis percentages of human RBCs after incubation with PLGA65:35 or DEX-PLGA65:35 NPs at different RBC:NP incubation ratios. Hemolysis percentages are represented as total hemolysis subtracted by hemolysis of control cells. g Agglutination assay of human RBCs with PLGA65:35 or DEX-PLGA65:35 at different RBC:NP incubation ratios (n = 3). All data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 3). The number of asterisks indicate the level of significance (two-way ANOVA with Sidak multiple testing adjustment), where: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001