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ArticleBioengineering & translational medicine2019

Self-healing encapsulation and controlled release of vaccine antigens from PLGA microparticles delivered by microneedle patches.

J Maxwell Mazzara, Lukasz J Ochyl, Justin K Y Hong, James J Moon, Mark R Prausnitz, Steven P Schwendeman

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Article in Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Enhancing vaccine stability in transdermal microneedle platforms.Drug delivery and translational research · 2025
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  8. Recent progress of polymeric microneedle-assisted long-acting transdermal drug delivery.Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2024
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  9. Recent advancements in single dose slow-release devices for prophylactic vaccines.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology · 2023
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  17. Engineered drug delivery devices to address Global Health challenges.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

J Maxwell MazzaraDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI.
Lukasz J OchylDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI.
Justin K Y HongDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI.
James J MoonDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI.
Mark R PrausnitzSchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA.
Steven P SchwendemanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an urgent need to reduce reliance on hypodermic injections for many vaccines to increase vaccination safety and coverage. Alternative approaches include controlled release formulations, which reduce dosing frequencies, and utilizing alternative delivery devices such as microneedle patches (MNPs). This work explores development of controlled release microparticles made of poly (lactic-

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controlled releasemicroneedlesPLGAvaccine delivery

Identifiers

PMID30680323
PMCPMC6336668

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