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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022

Therapeutic Strategies to Reduce Burn Wound Conversion.

Alen Palackic, Jayson W Jay, Robert P Duggan, Ludwik K Branski, Steven E Wolf, Naseem Ansari, Amina El Ayadi

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Enhanced Burn Wound Healing and Conversion Prevention Through Inhibition of High Mobility Group Box 1 in a Scald Burn Rat Model.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2026
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  7. Therapeutic Potential of Modulating Gene-MicroRNA Crosstalk in Burn Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  17. Isotonic medium treatment limits burn wound microbial colonisation and improves tissue repair.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alen PalackicDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Jayson W JayDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Robert P DugganDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Ludwik K BranskiDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Steven E WolfDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2972-3440
Naseem AnsariDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Amina El AyadiDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3657-0633

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Burn wound conversion refers to the phenomenon whereby superficial burns that appear to retain the ability to spontaneously heal, convert later into deeper wounds in need of excision. While no current treatment can definitively stop burn wound conversion, attempts to slow tissue damage remain unsatisfactory, justifying the need for new therapeutic interventions. To attenuate burn wound conversion, various studies have targeted at least one of the molecular mechanisms underlying burn wound conversion, including ischemia, inflammation, apoptosis, autophagy, generation of reactive oxygen species, hypothermia, and wound rehydration. However, therapeutic strategies that can target various mechanisms involved in burn wound conversion are still lacking. This review highlights the pathophysiology of burn wound conversion and focuses on recent studies that have turned to the novel use of biologics such as mesenchymal stem cells, biomaterials, and immune regulators to mitigate wound conversion. Future research should investigate mechanistic pathways, side effects, safety, and efficacy of these different treatments before translation into clinical studies.

Indexed as

BurnsAutophagyHumansInflammationIschemiaWound Healingbiologicsburnsinflammationwounds and injuries

Identifiers

PMID35888643
PMCPMC9315582

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