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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Advances in Cell-Mediated Drug Delivery for Dermatologic Diseases: Mechanisms and Current Applications.

Lara Shqair, Iyla Draw, Tala Maya, Christopher G Bunick, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Todd Schlesinger, Giovanni Damiani, Mahmoud Ghannoum, Ayman Grada

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

Lara ShqairDepartment of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-5200-541X
Iyla DrawDepartment of Dermatology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Tala MayaDepartment of Dermatology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-0911-0929
Christopher G BunickDepartment of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4011-8308
Hossein AkbarialiabadDepartment of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84103, USA.
Todd SchlesingerDepartment of Dermatology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1128-9626
Giovanni DamianiDepartment of Dermatology, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2390-6505
Mahmoud GhannoumDepartment of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Ayman GradaDepartment of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5321-0584

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-mediated drug delivery systems represent a promising frontier in dermatologic therapy by offering enhanced targeting precision, prolonged drug release, and reduced systemic toxicity. These systems leverage the intrinsic properties of immune cells, stem cells, and skin-resident cells to migrate toward inflamed or diseased skin and deliver therapeutic agents in a controlled and biocompatible manner. This review explores the mechanistic foundations of cell-mediated delivery, including chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and immune modulation, and examines current applications in inflammatory skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, cutaneous malignancies such as melanoma and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and chronic wound healing. Engineering approaches such as cell surface modification, exosome loading, and integration with gene editing technologies are also discussed. Finally, we highlight translational challenges related to immunogenicity, manufacturing scalability, and regulatory considerations, and propose future directions for clinical adoption in dermatology. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current landscape and outlines the potential for cell-based delivery systems to transform the treatment of chronic and refractory skin diseases.

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cell-mediated drug deliverycellscutaneousdermatological drug deliveryepidermisskinskin conditionstargetedtargeted drug deliverytissue

Identifiers

PMID41304776
PMCPMC12655684

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