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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Sodium Alginate Hydrogel Sponges Embedded with M2 Macrophages: An Adoptive Cell Therapy Strategy for Accelerated Diabetic Wound Healing.

Qingchang Tian, Wenqi Li, Lijiaqi Zhang, Kefen Gan, Yiting Zhang, Shuling Wang

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Qingchang TianSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3672-0099
Wenqi LiSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.
Lijiaqi ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.
Kefen GanSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.
Yiting ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.
Shuling WangSchool of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China.

Funding

New 20 clauses for universities in Jinan City Introduce Innovation Team Projects 202333021Zhejiang Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Plan, China 2021ZB184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogels possess advantages for providing a moist wound environment and enabling drug or cell delivery. Wound healing is a complex, multistage process where macrophages play a pivotal role; they influence inflammation resolution, anti-inflammatory cytokine production, angiogenesis, and extracellular matrix remodeling. Combining hydrogel materials with adoptive M2 macrophages offers a promising adoptive cell therapy approach to accelerate healing. In the present study, sodium alginate, a natural polymer, was harnessed to create hydrogel sponges embedded with M2 macrophages for application to chronic wounds. Hydrogel sponges were capable of preserving the characteristics of M2 macrophages, secreting functional cellular factors, and maintaining viability. Hydrogel sponges loaded with M2 type macrophages could promote chronic wound healing in the back of type 2 diabetic mice. In vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrated that M2 macrophages successfully grew and proliferated within the hydrogel sponges, exhibiting anti-inflammatory effects, which is expected to offer a cell therapy approach to diabetic wound treatment.

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cell therapyhydrogel spongesM2 macrophagewound healing

Identifiers

PMID40710665
PMCPMC12294235

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