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ArticleJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine2018

Alginate membranes loaded with hyaluronic acid and silver nanoparticles to foster tissue healing and to control bacterial contamination of non-healing wounds.

Lorena Tarusha, Sergio Paoletti, Andrea Travan, Eleonora Marsich

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Article in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lorena TarushaDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 5, I-34127, Trieste, Italy.
Sergio PaolettiDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 5, I-34127, Trieste, Italy.
Andrea TravanDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 5, I-34127, Trieste, Italy.
Eleonora MarsichDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazza dell'Ospitale 1, I-34129, Trieste, Italy. emarsich@units.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0700-4464
University of Trieste · IT

Funding

EU-FP7 Project "AnastomoSEAL" Contract Number 280929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic non-healing wounds are a clinically important problem in terms of number of patients and costs. Wound dressings such as hydrogels, hydrocolloids, polyurethane films and foams are commonly used to manage these wounds since they tend to maintain a moist environment which is shown to accelerate re-epithelialization. The use of antibacterial compounds is important in the management of wound infections. A novel wound-dressing material based on a blended matrix of the polysaccharides alginate, hyaluronic acid and Chitlac-silver nanoparticles is here proposed and its application for wound healing is examined. The manufacturing approach to obtain membranes is based on gelling, foaming and freeze-casting of alginate, hyaluronic acid and Chitlac-silver nanoparticles mixtures using calcium ions as the cross-linking agent. Comprehensive evaluations of the morphology, swelling kinetics, permeability, mechanical characteristics, cytotoxicity, capability to inhibit metalloproteinases and of antibacterial property were conducted. Biological in vitro studies demonstrated that hyaluronic acid released by the membrane is able to stimulate the wound healing meanwhile the metal silver exploits an efficient antibacterial activity against both planktonic bacteria and biofilms. Overall, the experimental data evidence that the studied material could be used as antibacterial wound dressing for wound healing promotion.

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BandagesAlginatesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCells, CulturedDrug CarriersFibroblastsGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsHumansHyaluronic AcidKeratinocytesMaterials TestingMetal NanoparticlesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsSilverWound HealingAlginatesAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug CarriersGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsHyaluronic AcidSilver

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PMID29396683
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