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ArticleJournal of diabetes research2015

Comment on "Topically Applied Connective Tissue Growth Factor/CCN2 Improves Diabetic Preclinical Cutaneous Wound Healing: Potential Role for CTGF in Human Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing".

Hongling Li, Cong Cao, Ai Huang, Yi Man

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Article in Journal of diabetes research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hongling LiState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Cong CaoDepartment of Stomatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, No. 2 Yinghuayuan East Road, Beijing 100029, China.
Ai HuangState Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Yi ManDepartment of Oral Implantology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Sichuan University · CNChina-Japan Friendship Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent paper in this journal, presented a novel method by topical application of growth factors in stimulating diabetic cutaneous wound healing that caught our attention. We believe that the experimental method in the article is efficient and creative, but it also has some controversies and shortcomings to be discussed. We noted that the authors used "Tegaderm" as a semiocclusive dressing film and stated that it exerted a "splinting effect" on the wound margins and controlled contraction. Indeed, the "Tegaderm" itself can serve as a dressing film to isolate the wound bed with outside environments while the "splinting effect" is mainly achieved by adding silicone splints around the wound. Considering the unique properties of silicone splints and "Tegaderm," our experimental group propose an alternative method named "combined-suturing" technique that is not only suturing the silicone splints but also securing the "Tegaderm" around the wound. The specific reasons and operative procedures are explained in detail in this letter.

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AnimalsConnective Tissue Growth FactorDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetic FootFemaleHumansMaleSkinWound HealingConnective Tissue Growth Factor

Identifiers

PMID26457307
PMCPMC4592715
OpenAlexW2059735578

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