Fig. 7: The reaction steps of are listed PEI-PEG-Glu.
From: Tumor-targeted nanodrug FSGG/siGal-9 for transdermal photothermal immunotherapy of melanoma

PEI are modified with SPDP reagent (step 1), and then the reaction products is treated with reducing agent DTT to expose sulfhydryl groups (step 2), and finally the Sulfhydryl-activated PEI are conjugated with PEG (n = 24) (step 3) and glucopyranoside to achieve PEI-PEG-Glu (step 4).