Applications of capillary action in drug delivery

dc.contributor.authorLi, Xiaosi
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Yue
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Chao
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.contributor.otherNorthwestern Polytechnical University
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T19:11:38Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T19:11:38Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractContrary to the fact that capillary action is ubiquitous in our daily lives, its role in drug delivery has not attracted attention. Therefore, its application in medicine and disease treatment has not been actively developed. This perspective begins by reviewing the principles, advantages, and limitations of the three existing drug delivery strategies: non-covalent interaction, cavity loading, and covalent conjugation. Then, we discussed the principle of capillary action in drug delivery and the influencing factors that determine its performance. To illustrate the advantages of capillary action over existing drug delivery strategies and how the capillary action could potentially address the shortcomings of the existing drug delivery strategies, we described five examples of using capillary action to design drug delivery platforms for disease treatment: marker pen for topical and transdermal drug delivery, microneedle patch with a sponge container for pulsatile drug delivery, core- shell scaffold for sustained release of growth factors, oral bolus for insulin delivery to the esophagus, and semi-hollow floating ball for intravesical and gastroprotective drug delivery. Each of the five drug delivery platforms exhibits certain unique functions that existing drug delivery technologies cannot easily achieve, hence expected to solve specific practical medical problems that are not satisfactorily resolved. As people pay more attention to capillary action and develop more drug delivery platforms, more unique functions and characteristics of capillary action in drug delivery will be explored. Thus, capillary action could become an important choice for drug delivery systems to improve therapeutic drug efficacy, treat diseases, and improve human health.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationLi, X., Zhao, Y., & Zhao, C. (2021). Applications of capillary action in drug delivery. In iScience (Vol. 24, Issue 7, p. 102810). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102810
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.isci.2021.102810
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11015
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCell Press
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS
dc.subjectRELEASE
dc.subjectPEPTIDE
dc.subjectNANOPARTICLES
dc.subjectTETRODOTOXIN
dc.subjectPACLITAXEL
dc.subjectSYSTEMS
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary Sciences
dc.titleApplications of capillary action in drug deliveryen_US
dc.typeReview
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