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ArticleClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology2018

A novel animal model for residence time evaluation of injectable hyaluronic acid-based fillers using high-frequency ultrasound-based approach.

Filomena Merola, Mario Scrima, Carmela Melito, Antonio Iorio, Claudio Pisano, Andrea Maria Giori, Angela Ferravante

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Article in Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Filomena MerolaResearch and Development, Bouty SpA, Ariano Irpino, Italy, angela.ferravante@bouty.it.
Mario ScrimaResearch and Development, Bouty SpA, Ariano Irpino, Italy, angela.ferravante@bouty.it.
Carmela MelitoResearch and Development, Bouty SpA, Ariano Irpino, Italy, angela.ferravante@bouty.it.
Antonio IorioResearch and Development, Bouty SpA, Ariano Irpino, Italy, angela.ferravante@bouty.it.
Claudio PisanoMedicinal Investigational Research, Biogem, Ariano Irpino, Italy.
Andrea Maria GioriResearch and Development, IBSA Farmaceutici Italia, Lodi, Italy.
Angela FerravanteResearch and Development, Bouty SpA, Ariano Irpino, Italy, angela.ferravante@bouty.it.
Bouty (Italy) · ITBiogem · ITIBSA Farmaceutici (Italy) · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHyaluronic acid (HA)-based devices are among the most popular filler agents for skin rejuvenation. One of the principal goals is the improvement in residence time of HA-based products, to increase their performance and reduce frequency of the treatment. So, understanding fillers, behavior after subcutaneous injection is a fundamental aspect for discovery and optimization of new products. Current in vivo approaches to detect/quantify injected HA fillers are not always well optimized or easy to apply.

objectiveTo develop more efficacious and noninvasive diagnostic tools to make a quantitative evaluation of the degradation of fillers in a small animal model. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe evaluated the residence time of different HA-based fillers, fluorescein-labeled and not, injected subcutaneously in mice. Volumes of fillers were monitored through high-frequency ultrasound (HF-US) method while fluorescence intensity through the well-established fluorescence living imaging method. To confirm the effectiveness of HF-US, obtained volumetric measurements were compared with fluorescence intensity values.

resultsBoth the presented methods revealed the same degradation kinetics for the tested products.

conclusionThe two used methods are fully comparable and quantitatively accurate. The presented approach has been proved to be noninvasive, sensitive, and reproducible.

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animal modeldermal fillerHF-UShyaluronanhyaluronic acidultrasound

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