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ArticlePharmaceutics2018

Combining Microbubble Contrast Agent with Pulsed-Laser Irradiation for Transdermal Drug Delivery.

Ai-Ho Liao, Ho-Chiao Chuang, Bo-Ya Chang, Wen-Chuan Kuo, Chih-Hung Wang, Hong-Wei Gao, Chien-Ping Chiang

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ai-Ho LiaoGraduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan. aiho@mail.ntust.edu.tw.
Ho-Chiao ChuangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan. hchuang@ntut.edu.tw.
Bo-Ya ChangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan. 40071103@gm.nfu.edu.tw.
Wen-Chuan KuoInstitute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan. wckuo@ym.edu.tw.
Chih-Hung WangGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan. chw@ms3.hinet.net.ORCID 0000-0001-5058-4356
Hong-Wei GaoDepartment of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan. doc31796@gmail.com.
Chien-Ping ChiangDepartment of Dermatology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Sec. 2, Chenggong Rd., Neihu District, Taipei 11490, Taiwan. cppchiang@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3075-2118
Tri-Service General Hospital · TWNational Taipei University of Technology · TWNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST106-2221-E-011-043-MY3National Taiwan University of Science and Technology-Tri-Service General Hospital Joint Research Program NTUST-TSGH-107-02Tri-Service General Hospital TSGH-C106-025 and TSGH-C107-021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The optodynamic process of laser-induced microbubble (MB) cavitation in liquids is utilized in various medical applications. However, how incident laser radiation interacts with MBs as an ultrasound contrast agent is rarely estimated when the liquid already contains stable MBs. The present study investigated the efficacy of the laser-mediated cavitation of albumin-shelled MBs in enhancing transdermal drug delivery. Different types and conditions of laser-mediated inertial cavitation of MBs were first evaluated. A CO₂ fractional pulsed laser was selected for combining with MBs in the in vitro and in vivo experiments. The in vitro skin penetration by β-arbutin after 2 h was 2 times greater in the group combining a laser with MBs than in the control group. In small-animal experiments, the whitening effect on the skin of C57BL/6J mice in the group combining a laser with MBs on the skin plus penetrating β-arbutin increased (significantly) by 48.0% at day 11 and 50.0% at day 14, and then tended to stabilize for the remainder of the 20-day experimental period. The present results indicate that combining a CO₂ laser with albumin-shelled MBs can increase skin permeability so as to enhance the delivery of β-arbutin to inhibit melanogenesis in mice without damaging the skin.

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arbutincavitationlasertransdermalultrasound contrast agents

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PMID30282960
PMCPMC6321619
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