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ArticleJournal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials2014

Chitosan-cellulose composite for wound dressing material. Part 2. Antimicrobial activity, blood absorption ability, and biocompatibility.

April L Harkins, Simon Duri, Luther C Kloth, Chieu D Tran

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Article in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

April L HarkinsDepartment of Chemistry, Marquette University, P. O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201.
Simon Duri
Luther C Kloth
Chieu D Tran
Marquette University · US

Funding

Polysaccharide Ecocomposite Materials: Recyclable Synthesis and ApplicationsR15GM099033 · NIGMS · MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY · PI TRAN, CHIEU D. · 2012 to 2012
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NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM099033NIGMS NIH HHS R15GM099033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosan (CS), a polysaccharide derived from chitin, the second most abundant polysaccharide, is widely used in the medical world because of its natural and nontoxic properties and its innate ability for antibacterial and hemostasis effects. In this study, the novel composites containing CS and cellulose (CEL) (i.e., [CEL + CS]), which we have previously synthesized using a green and totally recyclable method, were investigated for their antimicrobial activity, absorption of anticoagulated whole blood, anti-inflammatory activity through the reduction of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and the biocompatibility with human fibroblasts. The [CEL + CS] composites were found to inhibit the growth of both Gram positive and negative micro-organisms. For examples, the regenerated 100% lyophilized chitosan material was found to reduce growth of Escherichia coli (ATCC 8739 and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC 51299) by 78, 36, and 64%, respectively. The composites are nontoxic to fibroblasts; that is, fibroblasts, which are critical to the formation of connective tissue matrix were found to grow and proliferate in the presence of the composites. They effectively absorb blood, and at the same rate and volume as commercially available wound dressings. The composites, in both air-dried and lyophilized forms, significantly inhibit the production of TNF-α and IL-6 by stimulated macrophages. These results clearly indicate that the biodegradable, biocompatible and nontoxic [CEL + CS] composites, particularly those dried by lyophilizing, can be effectively used as a material in wound dressings.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBandages, HydrocolloidMaterials TestingCell LineCelluloseChitosanEnterococcus faecalisEscherichia coliFibroblastsHumansInterleukin-6MacrophagesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAnti-Bacterial AgentsCelluloseChitosanIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6Tumor Necrosis Factor-alphaantimicrobialbiocompatiblecellulosechitosancomposite materialwound healing

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PMID24407857
PMCPMC4082766
OpenAlexW2155592731

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