A dermal equivalent having a trilayered structure was designed by combining a silver nanoparticles incorporated chitosan film with a bilayer collagen-chitosan/silicon membrane dermal equivalent(BDE).The silver nanopar...A dermal equivalent having a trilayered structure was designed by combining a silver nanoparticles incorporated chitosan film with a bilayer collagen-chitosan/silicon membrane dermal equivalent(BDE).The silver nanoparticles prepared at different conditions were characterized by UV-Vis and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The macroscopic sharp and the microstructure of the trilayer dermal equivalent(TDE) were also studied.Then,the in vitro antibacterial property of TDE was evaluated by the antibacterial...展开更多
Diabetic chronic wound,characterized by prolonged inflammation and impaired angiogenesis,has become one of the most serious challenges in clinic and pose a significant healthcare burden worldwide.Although a great vari...Diabetic chronic wound,characterized by prolonged inflammation and impaired angiogenesis,has become one of the most serious challenges in clinic and pose a significant healthcare burden worldwide.Although a great variety of wound dressings have been developed,few of encouraged achievements were obtained so far.In this study,the gene-activated strategy was applied to enhance sustained expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)and achieve better healing outcomes by regulating inflammation and promoting angiogenesis.The gene-activated bilayer dermal equivalents(Ga-BDEs),which has good biocompatibility,were fabricated by loading the nano-sized complexes of Lipofectamine 2000/plasmid DNA-encoding VEGF into a collagen-chitosan scaffold/silicone membrane bilayer dermal equivalent.The DNA complexes were released in a sustained manner and showed the effective transfection capacities to up-regulate the expression of VEGF in vitro.To overcome cutaneous contraction of rodents and mimic the wound healing mechanisms of the human,a reformative rat model of full-thickness diabetic chronic wound was adopted.Under the treatment of Ga-BDEs,speeding wound healing was observed,which is accompanied by the accelerated infiltration and phenotype shift of macrophages and enhanced angiogenesis in early and late healing phases,respectively.These proved that Ga-BDEs possess the functions of immunomodulation and pro-angiogenesis simultaneously.Subsequently,the better regeneration outcomes,including deposition of oriented collagen and fast reepithelialization,were achieved.All these results indicated that,being different from traditional pro-angiogenic concept,the up-regulated expression of VEGF by Ga-BDEs in a sustained manner shows versatile potentials for promoting the healing of diabetic chronic wounds.展开更多
基金supported by the Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province(No.2007C23014)the Major State Basic Research Program of China(No.2005CB623902)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China(No.50425311)
文摘A dermal equivalent having a trilayered structure was designed by combining a silver nanoparticles incorporated chitosan film with a bilayer collagen-chitosan/silicon membrane dermal equivalent(BDE).The silver nanoparticles prepared at different conditions were characterized by UV-Vis and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The macroscopic sharp and the microstructure of the trilayer dermal equivalent(TDE) were also studied.Then,the in vitro antibacterial property of TDE was evaluated by the antibacterial...
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51873184,81671918)National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFC1101000).
文摘Diabetic chronic wound,characterized by prolonged inflammation and impaired angiogenesis,has become one of the most serious challenges in clinic and pose a significant healthcare burden worldwide.Although a great variety of wound dressings have been developed,few of encouraged achievements were obtained so far.In this study,the gene-activated strategy was applied to enhance sustained expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)and achieve better healing outcomes by regulating inflammation and promoting angiogenesis.The gene-activated bilayer dermal equivalents(Ga-BDEs),which has good biocompatibility,were fabricated by loading the nano-sized complexes of Lipofectamine 2000/plasmid DNA-encoding VEGF into a collagen-chitosan scaffold/silicone membrane bilayer dermal equivalent.The DNA complexes were released in a sustained manner and showed the effective transfection capacities to up-regulate the expression of VEGF in vitro.To overcome cutaneous contraction of rodents and mimic the wound healing mechanisms of the human,a reformative rat model of full-thickness diabetic chronic wound was adopted.Under the treatment of Ga-BDEs,speeding wound healing was observed,which is accompanied by the accelerated infiltration and phenotype shift of macrophages and enhanced angiogenesis in early and late healing phases,respectively.These proved that Ga-BDEs possess the functions of immunomodulation and pro-angiogenesis simultaneously.Subsequently,the better regeneration outcomes,including deposition of oriented collagen and fast reepithelialization,were achieved.All these results indicated that,being different from traditional pro-angiogenic concept,the up-regulated expression of VEGF by Ga-BDEs in a sustained manner shows versatile potentials for promoting the healing of diabetic chronic wounds.
