Development of polymeric nanoparticles for blood–brain barrier transfer—strategies and challenges

W Zhang, A Mehta, Z Tong, L Esser… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and brain cancers are difficult to
treat with current drugs as their delivery efficacy to the brain is severely hampered by the …

Polymeric hydrogel systems as emerging biomaterial platforms to enable hemostasis and wound healing

S Pourshahrestani, E Zeimaran… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Broad interest in developing new hemostatic technologies arises from unmet needs in
mitigating uncontrolled hemorrhage in emergency, surgical, and battlefield settings …

The role of macrophages in acute and chronic wound healing and interventions to promote pro-wound healing phenotypes

P Krzyszczyk, R Schloss, A Palmer… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages play key roles in all phases of adult wound healing, which are inflammation,
proliferation, and remodeling. As wounds heal, the local macrophage population transitions …

Batch preparation and characterization of electrospun porous polylactic acid-based nanofiber membranes for antibacterial wound dressing

J Yin, L Xu, A Ahmed - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022 - Springer
A good wound dressing needs to promote wound healing and tissue repair when the skin is
injured. In this study, a self-made spherical section free surface electrospinning device was …

Exploring polysaccharide-based bio-adhesive topical film as a potential platform for wound dressing application: A review

S Priya, M Choudhari, Y Tomar, VM Desai… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wound dressings act as a physical barrier between the wound site and the external
environment, preventing additional harm; choosing suitable wound dressings is essential for …

Advances in functional chitin materials: a review

JL Shamshina, P Berton… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Chitin is a promising natural polymer to produce functional materials due to the attractive
combination of abundance, price, favorable biological properties, and biodegradability …

Biomedical applications of biodegradable polymers

BD Ulery, LS Nair, CT Laurencin - Journal of polymer science …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Utilization of polymers as biomaterials has greatly impacted the advancement of modern
medicine. Specifically, polymeric biomaterials that are biodegradable provide the significant …

Chitin and chitosan: biopolymers for wound management

R Singh, K Shitiz, A Singh - International wound journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chitin and chitosan are biopolymers with excellent bioactive properties, such as
biodegradability, non‐toxicity, biocompatibility, haemostatic activity and antimicrobial …

Chitosan preparations for wounds and burns: antimicrobial and wound-healing effects

T Dai, M Tanaka, YY Huang… - Expert review of anti …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Since its discovery approximately 200 years ago, chitosan, as a cationic natural polymer,
has been widely used as a topical dressing in wound management owing to its hemostatic …

3D-printed chitosan-based scaffolds: An in vitro study of human skin cell growth and an in-vivo wound healing evaluation in experimental diabetes in rats

C Intini, L Elviri, J Cabral, S Mros, C Bergonzi… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
The fabrication of porous 3D printed chitosan (CH) scaffolds for skin tissue regeneration and
their behavior in terms of biocompatibility, cytocompatibility and toxicity toward human …