Fig. 10

In vivo antitumor efficacy of the genetic nanomedicine combined with photothermal therapy. a Optothermal photos, b optothermal temperature changes, c relative tumor volume growth curves, d tumor photos and e tumor weights of the Huh7 tumors after systemic administration of saline only, NIR laser irradiation, blank PDA NPs, blank NPs with laser irradiation, siRNA-loaded nanomedicine and siRNA-loaded nanomedicine with laser irradiation. Error bars represent the mean ± SD (standard deviation, n = 6), *p < 0.05, ** < 0.01, ***p < 0.001