title: Probing Skin for Metabolites and Topical Drugs with Hydrogel Micropatches.
abstract: Sampling the skin surface is a convenient way to obtain biological specimens bearing clinically relevant information. Hydrogel micropatches enable noninvasive collection of skin excretion specimens, which can subsequently be subjected to rapid mass spectrometric analysis providing insights into the skin metabolome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ewelina P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Dutkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch , 25 Jingguo Road, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsien-Yi
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.|Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University , 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Pawel L
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3471-045X
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Urban
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D055442:Metabolome; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020100:Hydrogels; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations