Fig. 5From: Hierarchical drug release designed Au @PDA-PEG-MTX NPs for targeted delivery to breast cancer with combined photothermal-chemotherapya The cytotoxicity of MTX, Au @PDA-PEG-MTX and NIR + Au @PDA-PEG-MTX against MDA-MB-231 cells; b The cytotoxicity of MTX, Au @PDA-PEG-MTX and NIR + Au @PDA-PEG-MTX against MDA-MB-231 cells after 36, 48, 60 and 72 h when controlling the dosage at 15 µg/mL (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01)Back to article page