Recent advances in polymer microneedles for drug transdermal delivery: Design strategies and applications

R Wang, G Jiang, UE Aharodnikau… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, transdermal drug delivery based on microneedles (MNs) technology has
received extensive attention, which offers a safer and painless alternative to hypodermic …

[HTML][HTML] Microneedle-based delivery: An overview of current applications and trends

AJ Guillot, AS Cordeiro, RF Donnelly, MC Montesinos… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microneedle arrays (MNA) are considered as one of the most promising resources to
achieve systemic effects by transdermal delivery of drugs. They are designed as a minimally …

The role of microneedles for drug and vaccine delivery

HL Quinn, MC Kearney, AJ Courtenay… - Expert opinion on …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Transdermal drug delivery offers a number of advantages for the patient, not
only due to its non-invasive and convenient nature, but also due to factors such as …

Microneedles and other physical methods for overcoming the stratum corneum barrier for cutaneous gene therapy

S Coulman, C Allender, J Birchall - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2006 - dl.begellhouse.com
The outermost layer of skin, the epidermis, has developed formidable physical and
immunological barrier properties that prevent infiltration of deleterious chemicals and …

Non-dermal applications of microneedle drug delivery systems

A Panda, VA Matadh, S Suresh, HN Shivakumar… - Drug Delivery and …, 2022 - Springer
Microneedles (MNs) are micron-scaled needles measuring 100 to 1000 μm that were
initially explored for delivery of therapeutic agents across the skin. Considering the success …

Minimally invasive cutaneous delivery of macromolecules and plasmid DNA via microneedles

SA Coulman, D Barrow, A Anstey, C Gateley… - Current drug …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
The stratum corneum (SC) represents a significant barrier to the delivery of gene therapy
formulations. In order to realise the potential of therapeutic cutaneous gene transfer, delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Microneedles: A smart approach and increasing potential for transdermal drug delivery system

T Waghule, G Singhvi, SK Dubey, MM Pandey… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The most widely used methods for transdermal administration of the drugs are hypodermic
needles, topical creams, and transdermal patches. The effect of most of the therapeutic …

Microneedle‐assisted transdermal delivery of nanoparticles: Recent insights and prospects

AJ Guillot, M Martínez‐Navarrete… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transdermal delivery of drugs offers an interesting alternative for the administration of
molecules that present certain troubles when delivered by the oral route. It can produce …

Microneedles and transdermal applications

RK Sivamani, D Liepmann… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
With the limitations of oral drug delivery and the pain and needle phobias associated with
traditional injections, drug delivery research has focused on the transdermal delivery route …

Transdermal microneedles for drug delivery applications

AL Teo, C Shearwood, KC Ng, J Lu… - Materials Science and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Transdermal drug delivery (TDD) has many advantages, the main one being the ability to
maintain the prolonged release of drugs to attain optimal blood concentrations …