Stimuli‐responsive nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications

P Lavrador, MR Esteves, VM Gaspar… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The complex tissue‐specific physiology that is orchestrated from the nano‐to the
macroscale, in conjugation with the dynamic biophysical/biochemical stimuli underlying …

Browning of the white adipose tissue regulation: New insights into nutritional and metabolic relevance in health and diseases

SA Machado, G Pasquarelli-do-Nascimento… - Nutrition & …, 2022 - Springer
Adipose tissues are dynamic tissues that play crucial physiological roles in maintaining
health and homeostasis. Although white adipose tissue and brown adipose tissue are …

Scarless wound healing programmed by core-shell microneedles

Y Zhang, S Wang, Y Yang, S Zhao, J You… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Effective reprogramming of chronic wound healing remains challenging due to the limited
drug delivery efficacy hindered by physiological barriers, as well as the inappropriate dosing …

Multifunctional gold nanoparticles for improved diagnostic and therapeutic applications: a review

NRS Sibuyi, KL Moabelo, AO Fadaka, S Meyer… - Nanoscale Research …, 2021 - Springer
The medical properties of metals have been explored for centuries in traditional medicine for
the treatment of infections and diseases and still practiced to date. Platinum-based drugs are …

Current trends in polymer microneedle for transdermal drug delivery

KAS Al-Japairai, S Mahmood, SH Almurisi… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transdermal drug delivery using microneedles is increasingly gaining interest due to the
issues associated with oral drug delivery routes. Gastrointestinal route exposes the drug to …

[HTML][HTML] Stimuli-responsive transdermal microneedle patches

P Makvandi, R Jamaledin, G Chen… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Microneedle (MN) patches consisting of miniature needles have emerged as a promising
tool to perforate the stratum corneum and translocate biomolecules into the dermis in a …

Advances in antimicrobial microneedle patches for combating infections

R Jamaledin, CKY Yiu, EN Zare, LN Niu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Skin infections caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi are difficult to treat by conventional
topical administration because of poor drug penetration across the stratum corneum. This …

Rapidly separable microneedle patch for the sustained release of a contraceptive

W Li, RN Terry, J Tang, MR Feng… - Nature Biomedical …, 2019 - nature.com
Women often have limited access to contraception, and barrier methods have low
acceptance and a high failure rate, mostly due to incorrect use, which can result in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances of microneedles for biomedical applications: drug delivery and beyond

J Yang, X Liu, Y Fu, Y Song - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2019 - Elsevier
The microneedle (MN), a highly efficient and versatile device, has attracted extensive
scientific and industrial interests in the past decades due to prominent properties including …

Advances in transdermal insulin delivery

Y Zhang, J Yu, AR Kahkoska, J Wang, JB Buse… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Insulin therapy is necessary to regulate blood glucose levels for people with type 1 diabetes
and commonly used in advanced type 2 diabetes. Although subcutaneous insulin …