Microenvironment‐based diabetic foot ulcer nanomedicine

F Huang, X Lu, Y Yang, Y Yang, Y Li, L Kuai… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), one of the most serious complications of diabetes, are essentially
chronic, nonhealing wounds caused by diabetic neuropathy, vascular disease, and bacterial …

Polymer-based wound dressing materials loaded with bioactive agents: Potential materials for the treatment of diabetic wounds

S Alven, S Peter, Z Mbese, BA Aderibigbe - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diabetic wounds are severe injuries that are common in patients that suffer from diabetes.
Most of the presently employed wound dressing scaffolds are inappropriate for treating …

Wound dressings functionalized with silver nanoparticles: promises and pitfalls

K Kalantari, E Mostafavi, AM Afifi, Z Izadiyan… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Infections are the main reason why most people die from burns and diabetic wounds. The
clinical challenge for treating wound infections through traditional antibiotics has been …

Engineering a sprayable and elastic hydrogel adhesive with antimicrobial properties for wound healing

N Annabi, D Rana, ES Sani, R Portillo-Lara, JL Gifford… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogel-based bioadhesives have emerged as alternatives for sutureless wound closure,
since they can mimic the composition and physicochemical properties of the extracellular …

Silk fibroin and silk-based biomaterial derivatives for ideal wound dressings

PP Patil, MR Reagan, RA Bohara - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is derived from Bombyx mori silkworm cocoons and has been used in
textiles and as a suture material for decades. More recently, SF has been used for various …

Recent advances on silver nanoparticle and biopolymer-based biomaterials for wound healing applications

SSD Kumar, NK Rajendran, NN Houreld… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are classified as metal-based nanoparticles and have gained
considerable attention amongst researchers in wound healing applications, owing to their …

Chitin and chitosan in selected biomedical applications

A Anitha, S Sowmya, PTS Kumar, S Deepthi… - Progress in polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Chitin (CT), the well-known natural biopolymer and chitosan (CS)(bio-based or
“artificial polymer”) are non-toxic, biodegradable and biocompatible in nature. The …

Smart 3D printed hydrogel skin wound bandages: a review

F Tsegay, M Elsherif, H Butt - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wounds are a major health concern affecting the lives of millions of people. Some wounds
may pass a threshold diameter to become unrecoverable by themselves. These wounds …

Photothermal-promoted multi-functional dual network polysaccharide hydrogel adhesive for infected and susceptible wound healing

C Chen, P Zhou, C Huang, R Zeng, L Yang, Z Han… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
A low-cost wound dressing with efficient sterilization and exhibiting long-term antimicrobial
activity is required for the absence of antibiotics, particularly for the wound healing of …

Hyaluronic acid/corn silk extract based injectable nanocomposite: A biomimetic antibacterial scaffold for bone tissue regeneration

P Makvandi, GW Ali, F Della Sala… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels have revealed the great potential for use as scaffolds in cartilage and
bone tissue engineering. Here, thermosensitive and injectable hydrogels containing β …