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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2021

Microarray patches enable the development of skin-targeted vaccines against COVID-19.

Emrullah Korkmaz, Stephen C Balmert, Tina L Sumpter, Cara Donahue Carey, Geza Erdos, Louis D Falo

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In one paragraph

Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Enhancing vaccine stability in transdermal microneedle platforms.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025
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  6. Transdermal microarrayed electroporation for enhanced cancer immunotherapy based on DNA vaccination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  11. Nanoparticles as a Therapeutic Delivery System for Skin Cancer Prevention and Treatment.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2023
    Review
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  13. Engineering of tetanus toxoid-loaded polymeric microneedle patches.Drug delivery and translational research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emrullah KorkmazDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: ek001@pitt.edu.
Stephen C BalmertDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Tina L SumpterDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Cara Donahue CareyDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Geza ErdosDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Louis D FaloDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA; Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. Electronic address: lof2@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USMcGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine · US

Funding

Validation, CLIA and Qualification (VQC): Enhancing the RS ratio as a tool for AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) tuberculosis trialsUM1AI106701 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Grace M Aldrovandi · 2014 to 2026
$116.8M
Engineering the Skin Immune System to Induce Systemic Immune ResponsesR01AR079233 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FALO, LOUIS D · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Engineering the Skin Microenvironment to Promote Allergen ToleranceR01AR074285 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FALO, LOUIS D, LITTLE, STEVEN R · 2018 to 2023
$3.0M
MNA Delivery of Neurokinin 1 Receptor Antagonists to Treat Atopic DermatitisR01AR071277 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FALO, LOUIS D, LARREGINA, ADRIANA T · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI106701NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071277NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR074285NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR079233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat to global health and the global economy. The ongoing race to develop a safe and efficacious vaccine to prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent for COVID-19, highlights the importance of vaccination to combat infectious pathogens. The highly accessible cutaneous microenvironment is an ideal target for vaccination since the skin harbors a high density of antigen-presenting cells and immune accessory cells with broad innate immune functions. Microarray patches (MAPs) are an attractive intracutaneous biocargo delivery system that enables safe, reproducible, and controlled administration of vaccine components (antigens, with or without adjuvants) to defined skin microenvironments. This review describes the structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and relevant antigenic targets for vaccination, summarizes key concepts of skin immunobiology in the context of prophylactic immunization, and presents an overview of MAP-mediated cutaneous vaccine delivery. Concluding remarks on MAP-based skin immunization are provided to contribute to the rational development of safe and effective MAP-delivered vaccines against emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19.

Indexed as

Administration, CutaneousCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesDrug DevelopmentHumansImmunity, InnateSARS-CoV-2SkinTransdermal PatchCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19Cutaneous immunobiologyInfectious diseasesMicroarray patchesProphylactic immunizationSARS-CoV-2Skin-targeted vaccinesSpike protein

Identifiers

PMID33539853
PMCPMC8060128
OpenAlexW3127098266

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