40nm, But Not 750 or 1,500nm, Nanoparticles Enter Epidermal CD1a+ Cells After Transcutaneous Application on Human Skin

    April 2006 in “ ˜The œjournal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology ”
    Annika Vogt, Béhazine Combadière, Sabrina Hadam … Ulrike Blume‐Peytavi
    Studysummary This study found that 40 nm nanoparticles can effectively penetrate into hair follicles and epidermal Langerhans cells in human skin samples, potentially enabling efficient transcutaneous vaccine delivery.
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