Research Article

Biomimetic Gold Nanoshell-Loaded Macrophage for Photothermal Biomedicine

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(a) Two-photon fluorescence images of FaDu and macrophage spheroid (FaDu cell: macrophage ). Red dots mean the migration of ANS-MAs into tumor spheroids. The macrophage cell cytoplasm is stained with PKH26: red signal:. Images were acquired at a depth of approximately 50–80 μm and after 48 hours incubation for spheroid formation. (scale bar denotes 5 mm). (b) The cell spheroid growth pattern detection was started after 48 hours of incubation for spheroid formation and calculated the volume of spheroid from the diameter of the spheroid. The cell spheroid growth tendency for 16 days was not changing, with or without existing ANS (ANS: gold nanoshell; ANS-MAs: gold nanoshell-loaded macrophages: Ma: macrophage).
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