Transdermal Delivery of Anti-Obesity Compounds to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue with Polymeric Microneedle Patches

• Main Authors: Than, Aung, Liang, Ke, Xu, Shaohai, Sun, Lei, Duan, Hongwei, Xi, Fengna, Xu, Chenjie, Chen, Peng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Microneedle; Transdermal delivery
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86323; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43991
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Excess white adipose tissue (WAT), or obesity, is the leading cause of many diseases. Combating obesity is, however, challenging due to the fact that laboratory-proven anti-obesity compounds lose effectiveness or/and cause severe side-effects while being delivered via conventional routes. Here, a ne...