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ArticlePharmaceutics2021

A Novel Three-Polysaccharide Blend In Situ Gelling Powder for Wound Healing Applications.

Chiara Amante, Tiziana Esposito, Pasquale Del Gaudio, Veronica Di Sarno, Amalia Porta, Alessandra Tosco, Paola Russo, Luigi Nicolais, Rita P Aquino

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara AmanteDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
Tiziana EspositoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
Pasquale Del GaudioDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3852-4523
Veronica Di SarnoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
Amalia PortaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5947-9472
Alessandra ToscoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5443-1565
Paola RussoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4362-4388
Luigi NicolaisMaterias s.r.l., University of Naples, "Federico II" Campus San Giovanni a Teduccio, I-80146 Naples, Italy.
Rita P AquinoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, I-84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
University of Salerno · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

Regione Campania B61G18000470007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, alginate/pectin and alginate/pectin/chitosan blend particles, in the form of an in situ forming hydrogel, intended for wound repair applications, have been successfully developed. Particles have been used to encapsulate doxycycline in order to control the delivery of the drug, enhance its antimicrobial properties, and the ability to inhibit host matrix metalloproteinases. The presence of chitosan in the particles strongly influenced their size, morphology, and fluid uptake properties, as well as drug encapsulation efficiency and release, due to both chemical interactions between the polymers in the blend and interactions with the drug demonstrated by FTIR studies. In vitro antimicrobial studies highlighted an increase in antibacterial activity related to the chitosan amount in the powders. Moreover, in situ gelling powders are able to induce a higher release of IL-8 from the human keratinocytes that could stimulate the wound healing process in difficult-healing. Interestingly, doxycycline-loaded particles are able to increase drug activity against MMPs, with good activity against MMP-9 even at 0.5 μg/mL over 72 h. Such results suggest that such powders rich in chitosan could be a promising dressing for exudating wounds.

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alginatechitosandoxycyclineexudate absorbancein situ forming hydrogelMMP-9 inhibitionpectinwound dressing

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PMID34683973
PMCPMC8541204
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