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ReviewActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2026

Outer membrane vesicles: Versatile nanocarriers for therapeutic delivery and immune modulation.

Jinlong Yang, Tang Wang, Yuekai Zheng, Yuning Wei, Juan Tao, Zhongjian Chen, Jianping Qi

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Review in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jinlong YangShanghai Skin Disease Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China.
Tang WangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Formulations for Overcoming Delivery Barriers, Shanghai 201203, China.
Yuekai ZhengSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Formulations for Overcoming Delivery Barriers, Shanghai 201203, China.
Yuning WeiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Formulations for Overcoming Delivery Barriers, Shanghai 201203, China.
Juan TaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Formulations for Overcoming Delivery Barriers, Shanghai 201203, China.
Zhongjian ChenShanghai Skin Disease Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China.
Jianping QiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Formulations for Overcoming Delivery Barriers, Shanghai 201203, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale lipid-bilayer vesicles naturally released by Gram-negative bacteria. By packaging membrane proteins, lipopolysaccharide-derived pathogen-associated molecular patterns, nucleic acids, and metabolites, OMVs integrate intrinsic bioactivity with cargo capacity and have emerged as a versatile platform for therapeutic delivery and immune modulation. In this review, we summarize current understanding of OMV biogenesis, composition, and physicochemical features that shape biodistribution and immunogenicity. We then discuss engineering strategies ranging from genetic rewiring of parental strains and detoxification of lipid A to surface functionalization, hybrid membrane assembly, and stimuli-responsive formulations that enable controllable targeting, loading, and release. Recent progress is highlighted in anti-tumor therapy, nanovaccines for infectious diseases and cancer, and nucleic acid delivery for gene regulation. Finally, we analyze key barriers to clinical translation, including endotoxin-associated safety, batch-to-batch heterogeneity, scalable manufacturing, and standardization of quality attributes. Addressing these challenges through rational design and robust production pipelines will be essential to advance OMV-based therapeutics toward safe, effective, and manufacturable clinical products.

Indexed as

BioengineeringCancer therapyDrug deliveryNanocarriersOMVsOuter membrane vesiclesTumor immunotherapyVaccine delivery

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PMID42039286
PMCPMC13104651

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