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JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
Volume 150, Issue 1, Pages 45-48Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2010.11.015
Keywords
Follicular targeting; Particle size; Follicular penetration
Funding
- Foundation Skin Physiology of the Donor Association for German Science and Humanities
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Hair follicles represent interesting target sites for topically applied substances such as topical vaccinations or agents used in the field of regenerative medicine. In recent years, it could be shown that particles penetrate very effectively into the hair follicles. In the present study, the influence of particle size on the follicular penetration depths was examined. The penetration depths of two different types of particles sized 122 to 1000 nm were determined in vitro on porcine skin. The results revealed that the particles of medium size (643 and 646 nm, respectively) penetrated deeper into the porcine hair follicles than smaller or larger particles. It was concluded that by varying the particle size, different sites within the porcine hair follicle can be targeted selectively. For the human terminal hair follicle, the situation can be expected to be similar due to a similar size ratio of the hair follicles. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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