Figure 5

Analysis of fluorescence signals of FITC-SiO2-COOH NPs. (a) The uptake of FITC-SiO2-COOH NPs and a commercial fluorescence kit in the hUVECs after different times of incubation. (b) The quantitative comparison of fluorescence signals at different time points of hUVECs and a commercial kit. (c) hFBs and HeLa cells incubated with FITC-SiO2-COOH NPs at various times. (d) The intracellular distribution of FITC-SiO2-COOH NPs in hFBs. The relative localization of FITC-SiO2-COOH NPs (green) in the cytoplasm and CD63 membrane protein (red, left), or alpha-tubulin (red, right). (e) Quantitative comparison of fluorescence signals at different time points at 50 µg/mL and 100 µg/mL NPs in hFBs and HeLa cells. Data was collected from three biological trials (n = 3) and presented as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.