Treatment strategies for infected wounds

I Negut, V Grumezescu, AM Grumezescu - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The treatment of skin wounds is a key research domain owing to the important functional
and aesthetic role of this tissue. When the skin is impaired, bacteria can soon infiltrate into …

Keratin biomaterials in skin wound healing, an old player in modern medicine: a mini review

M Konop, M Rybka, A Drapała - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Impaired wound healing is a major medical problem. To solve it, researchers around the
world have turned their attention to the use of tissue-engineered products to aid in skin …

Recent advances in biopolymer-based formulations for wound healing applications

DN Moholkar, PS Sadalage, D Peixoto… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since decades, the field of wound healing has gained immense attention from the
researchers worldwide. The ultimate goal is to develop effective techniques that can speed …

Silver nanoparticles and its mechanistic insight for chronic wound healing: review on recent progress

M Singh, V Thakur, V Kumar, M Raj, S Gupta, N Devi… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wounds are structural and functional disruptions of skin that occur because of trauma,
surgery, acute illness, or chronic disease conditions. Chronic wounds are caused by a …

Antimicrobial peptides: the promising therapeutics for cutaneous wound healing

F Miao, Y Li, Z Tai, Y Zhang, Y Gao… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic wound infections have caused an increasing number of deaths and economic
burden, which necessitates wound treatment options. Hitherto, the development of functional …

Local drug delivery strategies towards wound healing

R Tiwari, K Pathak - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
A particular biological process known as wound healing is connected to the overall
phenomena of growth and tissue regeneration. Several cellular and matrix elements work …

Bioactive surfaces of polylactide and silver nanoparticles for the prevention of microbial contamination

O Gherasim, AM Grumezescu, V Grumezescu… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Thanks to its peculiar interactions with biological molecules and structures, metallic silver in
the form of silver nanoparticles achieved a remarkable comeback as a potential …

Nanoparticulate drug-delivery systems for fighting microbial biofilms: From bench to bedside

GG Pircalabioru, MC Chifiriuc - Future Microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Biofilms are highly tolerant to antimicrobial agents and adverse environmental conditions
being important reservoirs for chronic and hard-to-treat infections. Nanomaterials exhibit …

Chitosan nanoparticles functionalized viscose fabrics as potentially durable antibacterial medical textiles

M Korica, Z Peršin, L Fras Zemljič, K Mihajlovski… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This research proposed two pretreatments of viscose fabrics: oxidation with 2, 2, 6, 6-
tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxy radical (TEMPO) and coating with TEMPO-oxidized cellulose …

Bioactive mesoporous silica nanostructures with anti-microbial and anti-biofilm properties

PC Balaure, B Boarca, RC Popescu, D Savu… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing rate of antibiotic resistant bacteria associated with nosocomial infections in
severely ill patients has urged the need for new antibacterial therapies. Nanostructured …