Fig. 2: Construction and characterization of functional dendrisomes.

a Illustration of functional dendrisomes and regular dendrisomes. Both dendrisomes were capable of carrying ATRA, DTX, or both simultaneously. ARTA, all-trans retinoic acid; DTX, docetaxel. b Effect of material ratios on the particle size of functional dendrisomes. The data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). c Images of transmission electron microscope (TEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM), and size distributions of the dendrisomes by dynamic light scattering. (a) Blank functional dendrisomes; (b) functional dendrisomes carrying ATRA and DTX