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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Polysaccharide Fabrication Platforms and Biocompatibility Assessment as Candidate Wound Dressing Materials.

Donald C Aduba, Hu Yang

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 195 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. A self-healable and bioadhesive acacia gum polysaccharide-based injectable hydrogel for wound healing acceleration.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2023
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  12. Three-Dimensional Printed Cellulose for Wound Dressing Applications.3D printing and additive manufacturing · 2023
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  15. Poly(levodopa)-Functionalized Polysaccharide Hydrogel Enriched in FeInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  18. Polysaccharides from South TunisianPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  20. A review of current advancements for wound healing: Biomaterial applications and medical devices.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Donald C AdubaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. adubad@vcu.edu.
Hu YangDepartment of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. hyang2@vcu.edu.
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wound dressings are critical for wound care because they provide a physical barrier between the injury site and outside environment, preventing further damage or infection. Wound dressings also manage and even encourage the wound healing process for proper recovery. Polysaccharide biopolymers are slowly becoming popular as modern wound dressings materials because they are naturally derived, highly abundant, inexpensive, absorbent, non-toxic and non-immunogenic. Polysaccharide biopolymers have also been processed into biomimetic platforms that offer a bioactive component in wound dressings that aid the healing process. This review primarily focuses on the fabrication and biocompatibility assessment of polysaccharide materials. Specifically, fabrication platforms such as electrospun fibers and hydrogels, their fabrication considerations and popular polysaccharides such as chitosan, alginate, and hyaluronic acid among emerging options such as arabinoxylan are discussed. A survey of biocompatibility and bioactive molecule release studies, leveraging polysaccharide's naturally derived properties, is highlighted in the text, while challenges and future directions for wound dressing development using emerging fabrication techniques such as 3D bioprinting are outlined in the conclusion. This paper aims to encourage further investigation and open up new, disruptive avenues for polysaccharides in wound dressing material development.

Indexed as

foamhydrogelnanofiberpolysaccharideskinwound dressingwound healingwound management

Identifiers

PMID28952482
PMCPMC5590441
OpenAlexW2574629278

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