Xu, Churong;
Wu, Fei;
Duan, Zhouyi;
Rajbanshi, Bhavana;
Qi, Yuxin;
Qin, Jiaming;
Dai, Liming;
... Zhang, Xiaoling; + view all
(2025)
Microneedle-aided nanotherapeutics delivery
and nanosensor intervention in advanced
tissue regeneration.
Journal of Nanobiotechnology
, 23
, Article 330. 10.1186/s12951-025-03383-1.
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Abstract
Microneedles (MNs) have been extensively used as transdermal therapeutics delivery devices since 1998 due to their capacity to penetrate physiological barriers with minimal invasiveness. Recent advances demonstrate the potential of MNs in improving diverse tissue regeneration when integrated with nanometer-sized therapeutics or sensors. This synergistic strategy can enhance drug delivery efficiency and therapeutic outcomes, and enable precise and personalized therapies through real-time monitoring of the repair process. In this review, we discuss how optimized MNs (through adjustments in geometry, material properties, and modular structure), when combined with dimension- and composition-specific nanomaterials, enhance tissue regeneration efficiency. Moreover, integrating stimuli-responsive nanotherapeutics or nanosensors into MNs for spatiotemporal-controlled and targeted drug release, physiotherapy effects, and intelligent monitoring is systematically outlined. Furthermore, we summarize therapeutic applications of nanotherapeutics-MN platforms in various soft and hard tissues, including skin, hair follicles (HF), cornea, joint, tendons, sciatic nerves, spinal cord, periodontium, oral mucosa, myocardium, endometrium, bone and intervertebral discs (IVD). Notably, recent attempts using nanosensor-MN platforms as smart wearable devices for monitoring damaged tissues via interstitial fluid (ISF) extraction and biomarker sensing are analyzed. This review potentially provides tissue regeneration practitioners/researchers with a cross-disciplinary perspective and inspiration.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Microneedle-aided nanotherapeutics delivery and nanosensor intervention in advanced tissue regeneration |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12951-025-03383-1 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-025-03383-1 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if you modified the licensed material. You do not have permission under this licence to share adapted material derived from this article or parts of it. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Microneedle, Nanotherapeutics, Nanosensor, Tissue regeneration, Biomarker, Monitor |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Ortho and MSK Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10219438 |
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