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Bioimpacts. 2024;14(6): 30243. doi: 10.34172/bi.2024.30243
PMID: 39493898        PMCID: PMC11530971

Original Article

The impact of particle size of nanostructured lipid carriers on follicular drug delivery: A comprehensive analysis of mouse and human hair follicle penetration

Saman Heydari 1 ORCID, Mohammad Barzegar-Jalali 2, Mostafa Heydari 3, Afsaneh Radmehr 4, Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos 5,6, Maryam Kouhsoltani 7, Hamed Hamishehkar 8 * ORCID

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7- Xu M, Diao L, Xu X, Zhu A, Wang Y, Liu M. Proteins from Stressed Mesenchymal Stem Cells Can Repair Hair Follicles and Promote Hair Regeneration. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2025;8(6):1768 [Crossref]
8- Farah H, Kadhim‐Abosaoda M, Mohaisen‐Mousa H, Renuka Jyothi S, Priyadarshini‐Nayak P, Bethanney Janney J, Singh G, Singh‐Chauhan A, Kumar‐Mishra M. Nanomedicine Strategies Against Biofilm‐Associated Infections: Advances, Challenges, and Translational Barriers. MicrobiologyOpen. 2026;15(1) [Crossref]
9- Liu W, Pan M, Pan S, Dai W, Li Z, Chu X. Advances in research methods for the mechanisms of transdermal drug absorption. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 2026;118:108055 [Crossref]
10- Aminian S, Najafi M, Saadat H, Ashjaee M. Computational study of halbach-array-driven magnetic targeting for aortic tumor using Non-Newtonian blood flow models. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2025;195:110580 [Crossref]

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As a peer-reviewed international open-access journal, BioImpacts publishes articles on basic and translational aspects of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. 
Acceptance rate (2024): 20% 
Publication fee: Free of charge

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