Cynthia Cam1, Suwei Zhu2, Norman F Truong2, Philip O Scumpia3, Tatiana Segura2. 1. Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. cycam@g.ucla.edu ; ; Tel: +1(310)794-42248. 2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. tsegura@g.ucla.edu ; ; Tel: +1(310)794-42248, +1(310)206-3980. 3. Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of California at Los Angeles, 52-121 CHS, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. ; Tel: +1(310)825-1531.
Abstract
Current strategies to improve wound healing are often created from multiple components that may include a scaffold, cells, and bioactive cues. Acellular natural hydrogels are an attractive approach since the material's intrinsic biological activity can be paired with mechanical properties similar to soft tissue to induce a host's response toward healing. In this report, a systematic evaluation was conducted to study the effect of hydrogel scaffold implantation in skin healing using a human-relevant murine wound healing model. Fibrin, micro porous hyaluronic acid, and composite hydrogels were utilized to study the effect of conductive scaffolds on the wound healing process. Composite hydrogels were paired with plasmin-degradable VEGF nanocapsules to investigate its impact as an inductive composite hydrogel on tissue repair. By 7 days, wound healing and vessel maturation within the newly formed tissue was significantly improved by the inclusion of porous scaffold architecture and VEGF nanocapsules.
Current strategies to impn>rove wound healing are often created from multipn>le compn>onents tn>an class="Chemical">hat may include a scaffold, cells, and bioactive cues. Acellular natural hydrogels are an attractive approach since the material's intrinsic biological activity can be paired with mechanical properties similar to soft tissue to induce a host's response toward healing. In this report, a systematic evaluation was conducted to study the effect of hydrogel scaffold implantation in skin healing using a human-relevant murine wound healing model. Fibrin, micro porous hyaluronic acid, and composite hydrogels were utilized to study the effect of conductive scaffolds on the wound healing process. Composite hydrogels were paired with plasmin-degradable VEGF nanocapsules to investigate its impact as an inductive composite hydrogel on tissue repair. By 7 days, wound healing and vessel maturation within the newly formed tissue was significantly improved by the inclusion of porous scaffold architecture and VEGF nanocapsules.
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