Acellular and cellular approaches to improve diabetic wound healing

Chronic diabetic wounds represent a huge socioeconomic burden for both affected individuals and the entire healthcare system. Although the number of available treatment options as well as our understanding of wound healing mechanisms associated with diabetes has vastly improved over the past decades...

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Published in:Advanced drug delivery reviews 2019-06, Vol.146, p.267-288
Main Authors: Cho, Hongkwan, Blatchley, Michael R., Duh, Elia J., Gerecht, Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cell therapy
Diabetic wound healing
Scaffolds
Tissue engineering
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Summary:Chronic diabetic wounds represent a huge socioeconomic burden for both affected individuals and the entire healthcare system. Although the number of available treatment options as well as our understanding of wound healing mechanisms associated with diabetes has vastly improved over the past decades, there still remains a great need for additional therapeutic options. Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches provide great advantages over conventional treatment options, which are mainly aimed at wound closure rather than addressing the underlying pathophysiology of diabetic wounds. Recent advances in biomaterials and stem cell research presented in this review provide novel ways to tackle different molecular and cellular culprits responsible for chronic and nonhealing wounds by delivering therapeutic agents in direct or indirect ways. Careful integration of different approaches presented in the current article could lead to the development of new therapeutic platforms that can address multiple pathophysiologic abnormalities and facilitate wound healing in patients with diabetes. [Display omitted]
ISSN:0169-409X
1872-8294
DOI:10.1016/j.addr.2018.07.019