Maximilian Ackermann1, Reto Wettstein2, Christopher Senaldi3, Daniel F Kalbermatten2, Moritz A Konerding1, Wassim Raffoul3, Paolo Erba4. 1. Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 2. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 3. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland. 4. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of ORL, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: erbapaolo@hotmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lymphedema is an underdiagnosed pathology which in industrialized countries mainly affects cancer patients that underwent lymph node dissection and/or radiation. Currently no effective therapy is available so that patients' life quality is compromised by swellings of the concerned body region. This unfortunate condition is associated with body imbalance and subsequent osteochondral deformations and impaired function as well as with an increased risk of potentially life threatening soft tissue infections. METHODS: The effects of PRP and ASC on angiogenesis (anti-CD31 staining), microcirculation (Laser Doppler Imaging), lymphangiogenesis (anti-LYVE1 staining), microvascular architecture (corrosion casting) and wound healing (digital planimetry) are studied in a murine tail lymphedema model. RESULTS: Wounds treated by PRP and ASC healed faster and showed a significantly increased epithelialization mainly from the proximal wound margin. The application of PRP induced a significantly increased lymphangiogenesis while the application of ASC did not induce any significant change in this regard. CONCLUSIONS: PRP and ASC affect lymphangiogenesis and lymphedema development and might represent a promising approach to improve regeneration of lymphatic vessels, restore disrupted lymphatic circulation and treat or prevent lymphedema alone or in combination with currently available lymphedema therapies.
BACKGROUND:Lymphedema is an underdiagnosed pathology which in industrialized countries mainly affects cancerpatients that underwent lymph node dissection and/or radiation. Currently no effective therapy is available so that patients' life quality is compromised by swellings of the concerned body region. This unfortunate condition is associated with body imbalance and subsequent osteochondral deformations and impaired function as well as with an increased risk of potentially life threatening soft tissue infections. METHODS: The effects of PRP and ASC on angiogenesis (anti-CD31 staining), microcirculation (Laser Doppler Imaging), lymphangiogenesis (anti-LYVE1 staining), microvascular architecture (corrosion casting) and wound healing (digital planimetry) are studied in a murine tail lymphedema model. RESULTS: Wounds treated by PRP and ASC healed faster and showed a significantly increased epithelialization mainly from the proximal wound margin. The application of PRP induced a significantly increased lymphangiogenesis while the application of ASC did not induce any significant change in this regard. CONCLUSIONS:PRP and ASC affect lymphangiogenesis and lymphedema development and might represent a promising approach to improve regeneration of lymphatic vessels, restore disrupted lymphatic circulation and treat or prevent lymphedema alone or in combination with currently available lymphedema therapies.
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