As a novel immunotherapeutic strategy, tumor vaccines have a good application prospect in clinical cancer therapy, which are often intramuscularly or subcutaneously injected into the body and exerts immune effects. As an emerging transdermal drug delivery technology, microneedles can deliver tumor vaccines through the stratum corneum of the skin to the active epidermis and dermis, which are rich in immune cells. With the advantages of convenient administration and high patient compliance, it is a research hotspot of transdermal drug delivery system at present. In this paper, the microneedle system, the mechanism of delivering tumor antigens and its research progress in tumor vaccines are summarized, in order to provide a new way of tumor vaccines delivery and promote the applications of microneedle system.
LI Nan, ZHANG Na, LIU Yong-jun.
Advances of Microneedle System in Tumor Vaccines[J]. Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023, 58(15): 1345-1348 https://doi.org/10.11669/cpj.2023.15.001
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