“…Multiple tape-strips can be used to capture deeper skin layers, but tape-strips generally do not reach deeper than the stratum corneum. 48,49 Studies have performed targeted measurements of mRNA expression [18][19][20]24,26,27,30,50 and protein levels 27,33,34,41,43,44,51 from tape-strips. More recently, RNA-seq studies demonstrated that tape-strips can detect transcriptomic changes associated with AD.…”