Topical drug delivery: History, percutaneous absorption, and product development

MS Roberts, HS Cheruvu, SE Mangion… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Topical products, widely used to manage skin conditions, have evolved from simple potions
to sophisticated delivery systems. Their development has been facilitated by advances in …

Microneedle-based biosensing

LK Vora, AH Sabri, PE McKenna, A Himawan… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Microneedles (MNs) are microscopic needles that are applied to the skin in a minimally
invasive way to facilitate transdermal drug delivery and/or uptake of interstitial fluid from the …

Microneedle patch for the ultrasensitive quantification of protein biomarkers in interstitial fluid

Z Wang, J Luan, A Seth, L Liu, M You, P Gupta… - Nature Biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The detection and quantification of protein biomarkers in interstitial fluid is hampered by
challenges in its sampling and analysis. Here we report the use of a microneedle patch for …

Sampling interstitial fluid from human skin using a microneedle patch

PP Samant, MM Niedzwiecki, N Raviele… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Tissue interstitial fluid (ISF) surrounds cells and is an underutilized source of biomarkers that
complements conventional sources such as blood and urine. However, ISF has received …

Mechanisms of sampling interstitial fluid from skin using a microneedle patch

PP Samant, MR Prausnitz - Proceedings of the National …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Although interstitial fluid (ISF) contains biomarkers of physiological significance and medical
interest, sampling of ISF for clinical applications has made limited impact due to a lack of …

Osmosis‐powered hydrogel microneedles for microliters of skin interstitial fluid extraction within minutes

M Zheng, Z Wang, H Chang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel microneedle patch enables the extraction of skin interstitial fluid (ISF) through in
situ swelling in a minimally invasive manner without assistance of mechano‐chemical …

Microneedle coupled epidermal sensor for multiplexed electrochemical detection of kidney disease biomarkers

L Zheng, D Zhu, Y Xiao, X Zheng, P Chen - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2023 - Elsevier
Early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and constant monitoring to guide optimal
intervention is critical to prevent renal failure and other critical diseases. However, the …

A silk-microneedle patch to detect glucose in the interstitial fluid of skin or plant tissue

L Zheng, D Zhu, W Wang, J Liu, STG Thng… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glucose is critical to all organisms. Herein, we developed a wire electrode embedded
microneedle patch (WEMNP) for in situ real-time detection of glucose in the interstitial fluid …

[HTML][HTML] Design and fabrication of customizable microneedles enabled by 3D printing for biomedical applications

JM Loh, YJL Lim, JT Tay, HM Cheng, HL Tey, K Liang - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Microneedles (MNs) is an emerging technology that employs needles ranging from 10 to
1000 μm in height, as a minimally invasive technique for various procedures such as …

Where microneedle meets biomarkers: futuristic application for diagnosing and monitoring localized external organ diseases

A Himawan, LK Vora, AD Permana… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular tissue fluids are interesting biomatrices that have recently attracted scientists'
interest. Many significant biomarkers for localized external organ diseases have been …