Fig. 4

Cytoprotective ability of LR@PDH. a Survivals of LR and LR@PDH after exposure to different concentration of H2O2 for 12 h. b CFU count of LR and LR@PDH after treated with 1.25 mmol/L H2O2 for 12 h. c Viability of HGFs cells incubated with different treatments under H2O2 conditions after 24 h. d Representative images and e) quantitative analysis of live (green)/dead (red) staining of HGFs cells after treated with PBS, LR, LR@HA and LR@PDH at the presence of 200 μmol/L H2O2. Scale bar, 200 μm. *P <0.05, ***P <0.001 and ****P <0.000 1. The data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 3