Fig. 6
Photothermal effect induced by GAL-GNR and combination treatment of photothermal effect and gene silencing on liver cancer cells. a 803 nm near-infrared laser source (2 W/cm2) was used to irradiate the solution of GNR, GAL-GNR, or distilled water (blank control) for 15 min. The temperature was detected by infrared thermometer at different time point. b Hepa1-6 cells were treated with PBS, laser, GAL-GNR-siBRAF, GAL-GNR-siGL2 + Laser, or GAL-GNR-siBRAF + Laser, respectively. Green fluorescence of calcein AM (live cells) and red fluorescence of PI (dead cells) were observed under fluorescence microscope