Recurrent oral ulcer is a painful oral mucosal disorder that affects 20%of the world’s population.The lack of a radical cure due to its unknown underlying cause calls for innovative symptomatic treatments.This work r...Recurrent oral ulcer is a painful oral mucosal disorder that affects 20%of the world’s population.The lack of a radical cure due to its unknown underlying cause calls for innovative symptomatic treatments.This work reports a hyaluronic acid-based dissolvablemicroneedle patch(ROUMNpatch,short for recurrent oral ulcer microneedle)loaded with dexamethasone acetate,vitamin C and tetracaine hydrochloride for the treatment of recurrent oral ulcers.The ROUMN patch shows enhancement in both the anti-inflammatory effect elicited by dexamethasone and the pro-proliferation effect of vitamin C.In vitro experiments show that ROUMN has a higher efficiency in suppressing lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-induced interleukin-6(IL-6)expression than dexamethasone alone.Cell proliferation and migrationwere also significantly promoted byROUMNcompared to vitamin C alone.The healing-promoting effect of ROUMN was also verified in vivo using an acetic acid-cauterized oral ulcer model in rats.ROUMN as a treatment accelerated the healing process of oral ulcers,shortening the total healing time to 5 days compared with the 7 days required by treatment using watermelon frost,a commonly used over-the-counter(OTC)drug for oral ulcers.The rapid dissolution of the hyaluronic acid-based microneedles and the superior healing-promoting effect of the drug combination could lead to a broad application prospect of the ROUMN patch in the treatment of recurrent oral ulcers.展开更多
This article reports a highly integrated watch for noninvasive continual blood glucose monitoring.The watch employs a Nafion-coated flexible electrochemical sensor patch fixed on the watchband to obtain interstitial f...This article reports a highly integrated watch for noninvasive continual blood glucose monitoring.The watch employs a Nafion-coated flexible electrochemical sensor patch fixed on the watchband to obtain interstitial fluid(ISF)transdermally at the wrist.This reverse iontophoresis-based extraction method eliminates the pain and inconvenience that traditional fingerstick blood tests pose in diabetic patients’lives,making continual blood glucose monitoring practical and easy.All electronic modules,including a rechargeable power source and other modules for signal processing and wireless transmission,are integrated onto a watch face-sized printed circuit board(PCB),enabling comfortable wearing of this continual glucose monitor.Real-time blood glucose levels are displayed on the LED screen of the watch and can also be checked with the smartphone user interface.With 23 volunteers,the watch demonstrated 84.34%clinical accuracy in the Clarke error grid analysis(zones A+B).In the near future,commercial products could be developed based on this lab-made prototype to provide the public with noninvasive continual glucose monitoring.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62003023,32071407,52073138,52003018 and 52003019)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.7212204)Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering and Beihang University.
文摘Recurrent oral ulcer is a painful oral mucosal disorder that affects 20%of the world’s population.The lack of a radical cure due to its unknown underlying cause calls for innovative symptomatic treatments.This work reports a hyaluronic acid-based dissolvablemicroneedle patch(ROUMNpatch,short for recurrent oral ulcer microneedle)loaded with dexamethasone acetate,vitamin C and tetracaine hydrochloride for the treatment of recurrent oral ulcers.The ROUMN patch shows enhancement in both the anti-inflammatory effect elicited by dexamethasone and the pro-proliferation effect of vitamin C.In vitro experiments show that ROUMN has a higher efficiency in suppressing lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-induced interleukin-6(IL-6)expression than dexamethasone alone.Cell proliferation and migrationwere also significantly promoted byROUMNcompared to vitamin C alone.The healing-promoting effect of ROUMN was also verified in vivo using an acetic acid-cauterized oral ulcer model in rats.ROUMN as a treatment accelerated the healing process of oral ulcers,shortening the total healing time to 5 days compared with the 7 days required by treatment using watermelon frost,a commonly used over-the-counter(OTC)drug for oral ulcers.The rapid dissolution of the hyaluronic acid-based microneedles and the superior healing-promoting effect of the drug combination could lead to a broad application prospect of the ROUMN patch in the treatment of recurrent oral ulcers.
基金This work was supported by the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering,the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32071407 and 62003023)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.7212204)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission(Grant No.JCYJ20200109110201713).
文摘This article reports a highly integrated watch for noninvasive continual blood glucose monitoring.The watch employs a Nafion-coated flexible electrochemical sensor patch fixed on the watchband to obtain interstitial fluid(ISF)transdermally at the wrist.This reverse iontophoresis-based extraction method eliminates the pain and inconvenience that traditional fingerstick blood tests pose in diabetic patients’lives,making continual blood glucose monitoring practical and easy.All electronic modules,including a rechargeable power source and other modules for signal processing and wireless transmission,are integrated onto a watch face-sized printed circuit board(PCB),enabling comfortable wearing of this continual glucose monitor.Real-time blood glucose levels are displayed on the LED screen of the watch and can also be checked with the smartphone user interface.With 23 volunteers,the watch demonstrated 84.34%clinical accuracy in the Clarke error grid analysis(zones A+B).In the near future,commercial products could be developed based on this lab-made prototype to provide the public with noninvasive continual glucose monitoring.
