Update on management of diabetic foot ulcers

E Everett, N Mathioudakis - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication of diabetes that results in significant
morbidity and mortality. Mortality rates associated with the development of a DFU are …

Re-epithelialization of adult skin wounds: Cellular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

P Rousselle, F Braye, G Dayan - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Cutaneous wound healing in adult mammals is a complex multi-step process involving
overlapping stages of blood clot formation, inflammation, re-epithelialization, granulation …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-inflammation biomaterial platforms for chronic wound healing

Z Xu, B Liang, J Tian, J Wu - Biomaterials science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, there has been an increase in the number of people with chronic wounds, which
has resulted in serious health problems worldwide. The rate-limiting stage of chronic wound …

[HTML][HTML] pH-responsive hydrogel loaded with insulin as a bioactive dressing for enhancing diabetic wound healing

Z Li, Y Zhao, H Liu, M Ren, Z Wang, X Wang, H Liu… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
The healing of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) is a major challenge for clinical treatment because
of the hyperglycemic and acidic microenvironment in the wound area. In this study, a self …

Therapeutic advances in wound healing

A Oliveira, S Simões, A Ascenso… - Journal of Dermatological …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Wound healing is a complex physiological process that occurs in the human body involving
the sequential activation of multiple cell types and signaling pathways in a coordinated …

Design, preparation and in vitro characterization of biomimetic and bioactive chitosan/polyethylene oxide based nanofibers as wound dressings

OM Ionescu, AT Iacob, A Mignon… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan-based nanofibers (CS-NFs) are excellent artificial extracellular matrices (ECMs)
due to the resemblance of CS with the glycosaminoglycans of the natural ECMs. Despite this …

Wound healing potential of insulin-loaded nanoemulsion with Aloe vera gel in diabetic rats

T Chakraborty, S Gupta, A Nair, S Chauhan… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diabetes skin infection is a very common disorder in hyperglycemic patients. This study
evaluated the prospective of developing a topical gel formulation of Aloe vera with insulin …

Effects of topical insulin on wound healing: a review of animal and human evidences

J Wang, J Xu - Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Wound healing is a complex biological process that repairs damaged tissues and restores
skin integrity. Insulin, a potent factor of wound healing, has been reported for nearly a …

Continued sustained insulin-releasing PLGA nanoparticles modified 3D-Printed PCL composite scaffolds for osteochondral repair

P Wei, Y Xu, H Zhang, L Wang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the poor ability of self-repair and regeneration, articular cartilage and subchondral
bone defects and degradation are still a big problem nowadays. The aim of the present …

Bioactive insulin-loaded electrospun wound dressings for localized drug delivery and stimulation of protein expression associated with wound healing

M Walther, PK Vestweber, S Kühn… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Effective therapy of wounds is difficult, especially for chronic, non-healing wounds, and
novel therapeutics are urgently needed. This challenge can be addressed with bioactive …