A Dual‐Bioresponsive and Programmable Microneedle Matrix as a Bioinspired Coupler for Orchestrating Diabetic Bone Regeneration

Yu Wang, Rui Chen, Yu Chen, Haowen Lu, Yuchen Qian, Zhiheng Gao, Zheming Shen, Xiaofei Zheng, Huilin Yang, Jun Zou, Yusen Qiao · 2026

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Yu Wang and a large team present in 2026 a dissolving microneedle patch meant to heal bone defects in diabetes. Bone repair in diabetes stalls amid infection risk and lasting inflammation. Their patch reacts to two signals of that hostile setting before releasing its cargo in sequence.

Surface peptides stay locked until bacterial enzymes free the germ-killing one to attack biofilms first. Rising glutathione, a marker of the inflamed site, then frees a calming peptide that nudges immune cells toward repair mode. Growth factors held in the patch core leak out last to build vessels and bone. In diabetic mice with bone defects, healing improved and new bone grew more strongly than without the timed release.

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CREATORYu Wang, Rui Chen, Yu Chen, Haowen Lu, Yuchen Qian, Zhiheng Gao, Zheming Shen, Xiaofei Zheng, Huilin Yang, Jun Zou, Yusen Qiao
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE122323
LICENSEhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13410640

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