ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2022
An injectable photo-cross-linking silk hydrogel system augments diabetic wound healing in orthopaedic surgery through spatiotemporal immunomodulation.
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- Neutrophil extracellular traps in tumor metabolism and microenvironment.Biomarker research · 2025Review
- Innovations in hydrogel therapies for diabetic wound healing: bridging the gap between pathophysiology and clinical application.Burns & trauma · 2025Review
- Angiogenesis during diabetic wound repair: from mechanism to therapy opportunity.Burns & trauma · 2025Review
- Compliant immune response of silk-based biomaterials broadens application in wound treatment.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Optimization of Metal-Based Nanoparticle Composite Formulations and Their Application in Wound Dressings.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Review
- Polymeric silk fibroin hydrogel as a conductive and multifunctional adhesive for durable skin and epidermal electronics.Smart medicine · 2024Article
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backgroundThe complicated hyperglycaemic and chronic inflammation of diabetic wounds in orthopaedic surgery leads to dysregulated immune cell function and potential infection risk. Immune interventions in diabetic wounds face a possible contradiction between simultaneous establishment of the pro-inflammatory microenvironment in response to potential bacterial invasion and the anti-inflammatory microenvironment required for tissue repair. To study this contradiction and accelerate diabetic-wound healing, we developed a photocurable methacryloxylated silk fibroin hydrogel (Sil-MA) system, co-encapsulated with metformin-loaded mesoporous silica microspheres (MET@MSNs) and silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs).
resultsThe hydrogel system (M@M-Ag-Sil-MA) enhanced diabetic-wound healing via spatiotemporal immunomodulation. Sil-MA imparts a hydrogel system with rapid in situ Ultra-Violet-photocurable capability and allows preliminary controlled release of Ag NPs, which can inhibit bacterial aggregation and create a stable, sterile microenvironment. The results confirmed the involvement of Met in the immunomodulatory effects following spatiotemporal dual-controlled release via the mesoporous silica and Sil-MA. Hysteresis-released from Met shifts the M1 phenotype of macrophages in regions of diabetic trauma to an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype. Simultaneously, the M@M-Ag-Sil-MA system inhibited the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and decreased the release of neutrophil elastase, myeloperoxidase, and NETs-induced pro-inflammatory factors. As a result of modulating the immune microenvironmental, the M@M-Ag-Sil-MA system promoted fibroblast migration and endothelial cell angiogenesis in vivo, with verification of enhanced diabetic-wound healing accompanied with the spatiotemporal immunoregulation of macrophages and NETs in a diabetic mouse model.
conclusionsOur findings demonstrated that the M@M-Ag-Sil-MA hydrogel system resolved the immune contradiction in diabetic wounds through spatiotemporal immunomodulation of macrophages and NETs, suggesting its potential as a promising engineered nano-dressing for the treatment of diabetic wounds in orthopaedic surgery.
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