Cyclic Strain Enhances Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles

Figure 1

BAECs incubated with NPs under static and 15% strain condition for 1 h. (a) Cellular uptake efficiency of 50 nm, 100 nm, and 200 nm particles. The uptake of 100 nm nanoparticles has significant enhancement after stretching compared to static condition. (b) Cell viability after incubation with NPs of different sizes and without NPs (control). Bars represent mean ± SEM (). denotes significant differences ().

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