A comprehensive review of microneedles: Types, materials, processes, characterizations and applications

FK Aldawood, A Andar, S Desai - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drug delivery through the skin offers many advantages such as avoidance of hepatic first-
pass metabolism, maintenance of steady plasma concentration, safety, and compliance over …

Engineering microneedle patches for improved penetration: analysis, skin models and factors affecting needle insertion

P Makvandi, M Kirkby, ARJ Hutton, M Shabani… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Transdermal microneedle (MN) patches are a promising tool used to transport a wide variety
of active compounds into the skin. To serve as a substitute for common hypodermic needles …

Microneedle for transdermal drug delivery: current trends and fabrication

JH Jung, SG Jin - Journal of pharmaceutical investigation, 2021 - Springer
Background Transdermal delivery has the advantage of bypassing the first-pass effect and
allowing sustained release of the drug. However, the drug delivery is limited owing to the …

Microneedle system for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Y Zhang, Y Xu, H Kong, J Zhang, HF Chan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global increasing demand for high life quality and length facilitates the development of
tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, which apply multidisciplinary theories and …

Transdermal vaccination via 3D-printed microneedles induces potent humoral and cellular immunity

C Caudill, JL Perry, K Iliadis… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Vaccination is an essential public health measure for infectious disease prevention. The
exposure of the immune system to vaccine formulations with the appropriate kinetics is …

Integrating plant molecular farming and materials research for next-generation vaccines

YH Chung, D Church, EC Koellhoffer, E Osota… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Biologics—medications derived from a biological source—are increasingly used as
pharmaceuticals, for example, as vaccines. Biologics are usually produced in bacterial …

Microneedle array systems for long-acting drug delivery

LK Vora, K Moffatt, IA Tekko, AJ Paredes… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of microneedles (MNs) assisted drug delivery technologies have been
highly active for more than two decades. The minimally invasive and self-administered MN …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in long-acting drug delivery systems for anticancer drug

C Pacheco, A Baiao, T Ding, W Cui… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of systemic anticancer chemotherapy is intrinsically limited by its toxicity. Whether
dealing with small molecules or biopharmaceuticals, after systemic administration, small …

Microneedles for painless transdermal immunotherapeutic applications

H Amani, MA Shahbazi, C D'Amico, F Fontana… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has recently garnered plenty of attention to improve the clinical outcomes in
the treatment of various diseases. However, owing to the dynamic nature of the immune …

[HTML][HTML] Microneedle arrays as transdermal and intradermal drug delivery systems: Materials science, manufacture and commercial development

E Larrañeta, REM Lutton, AD Woolfson… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Transdermal drug delivery offers a number of advantages for the patient, due not only its non-
invasive and convenient nature, but also factors such as avoidance of first pass metabolism …