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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

Chitosan-Based Membranes for Skin Wound Repair in a Dorsal Fold Chamber Rat Model.

Maria Helena Casimiro, Luís M Ferreira, Pedro M P Santos, João P Leal, Gabriela Rodrigues, Inês Iria, Sara Alves, Diogo Pais, Diogo Casal

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Adoption of polyvinyl alcohol electrospinning materials for skin wound dressing.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2025
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Helena CasimiroCentro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0893-0686
Luís M FerreiraCentro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal.
Pedro M P SantosCentro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3363-0098
João P LealDepartamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares (DECN), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1235-0107
Gabriela RodriguesCentro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (cE3c) & CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Inês IriaInstituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3661-3760
Sara AlvesDepartamento de Anatomia, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
Diogo PaisDepartamento de Anatomia, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9837-0197
Diogo CasalCentro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC), NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1150-082 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5537-9340
University of Lisbon · PTUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PTInstituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Project UIDB/04349/2020+UIDP/04349/2020 and UIDB/00100/2020International Atomic Energy Agency Research Contract No. 18202 (CRP F23030)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frequently, deep partial and full-thickness skin wounds do not spontaneously regenerate. To restore the normal function of skin, epidermal and dermal components have to be supplied to the wound bed by grafting various substrates. Available options are limited and frequently costly. Herein, authors present a possible approach using 3D skin scaffolds capable of mimicking structure and biological functions of the extracellular matrix, providing, in parallel, a good environment for cell attachment, proliferation and differentiation. Low-molecular weight chitosan-based membranes were prepared by freeze-drying and ionizing radiation techniques to be used as skin scaffolds. Poly (vinyl alcohol), PVA, vinyl pyrrolidone, VP, and gelatin from cold water fish were incorporated. Information regarding membranes' physical-chemical properties from SEM analysis, swelling and weight loss, together with biological response through in vitro assays (using Human Caucasian Fetal Foreskin Fibroblast) allowed the selection of an optimized batch of membranes that was used as skin scaffold in a dorsal rat model wound. The in vivo implantation assays (in Wistar rats) resulted in very promising results: (i) healing process faster than control; (ii) good vascularization; (iii) viable new tissues morphologically functional.

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cell proliferationchitosangamma radiationgelatinPVAregenerative medicineskin scaffoldsVP

Identifiers

PMID36559232
PMCPMC9784945
OpenAlexW4311728670

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