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ReviewMedComm2025

Diabetic Wound Repair: From Mechanism to Therapeutic Opportunities.

Renyuan Wang, Song Gu, Young Hwa Kim, Aejin Lee, Haodong Lin, Dongsheng Jiang

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Review in MedComm, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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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

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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

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Renyuan WangPrecision Research Center For Refractory Diseases, Shanghai General Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.
Song GuTrauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.
Young Hwa KimInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center Ajou University Medical Center Suwon Republic of Korea.
Aejin LeeFood and Nutrition Major, Division of Integrative Biosciences Myongji University Yongin Republic of Korea.
Haodong LinTrauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.
Dongsheng JiangPrecision Research Center For Refractory Diseases, Shanghai General Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0961-2671

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic wound healing, characterized by persistent inflammation, impaired angiogenesis, and dysfunctional cellular responses, remains a major clinical challenge due to its complex pathophysiology. This challenge is most evident in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), which carry high risks of infection, recurrence, and amputation, contributing substantially to patient morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Despite multidisciplinary care, debridement, and advanced dressings, healing outcomes are often suboptimal, highlighting an urgent need for deeper pathophysiological insights and more effective therapeutic strategies. This review synthesizes current understanding of DFU pathogenesis, emphasizing how sustained metabolic dysfunction disrupts fibroblast and immune cell function, thereby perpetuating chronic wounds. We also critically examine commonly used animal models and their limitations in replicating the complexity of human DFUs and discuss emerging therapeutic approaches with translational promise. Advancing our understanding of these mechanisms and validating innovative interventions may ultimately reduce DFU-related amputations and mortality, improve healing outcomes, and enhance patient quality of life. This review aims to catalyze future research and therapeutic innovation in diabetic wound care.

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animal modelscellular dysfunctiondiabetic woundsemerging therapiesmetabolic microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41030912
PMCPMC12477442

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