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ArticleBioactive materials2026

Scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition promotes regenerative macrophage polarisation leading to anti-inflammatory, angiogenic and neurogenic responses for wound healing.

Juan Carlos Palomeque Chávez, Marko Dobricic, Matthew McGrath, Cian O'Connor, Tara McGuire, Jack Maughan, Adrian Dervan, James E Dixon, Cathal J Kearney, Shane Browne and 1 more

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Article in Bioactive materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors.

Juan Carlos Palomeque ChávezTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Marko DobricicTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Matthew McGrathTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Cian O'ConnorTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Tara McGuireTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Jack MaughanTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Adrian DervanTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
James E DixonRegenerative Medicine & Cellular Therapies (RMCT), Biodiscovery Institute (BDI), School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Cathal J KearneyKearney Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Shane BrowneTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
Fergal J O'BrienTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic wounds represent a significant clinical challenge due to persistent inflammation and impaired nerve regeneration that delay healing. Conventional treatments often yield inconsistent and limited success. Combinatorial strategies that integrate biomaterial scaffolds with gene delivery offer a promising approach to promote tissue repair. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), particularly miRNA-155, are key regulators of wound healing. miRNA-155 is highly expressed in inflammatory conditions and modulates macrophage activation, polarisation, and nerve regeneration. In this context, this study introduces a miRNA-155 inhibitor-activated scaffold designed to modulate the chronic wound environment by inhibiting miRNA-155. miRNA-155 inhibitor complexed GET nanoparticles were incorporated into collagen-glycosaminoglycan (CG) scaffolds. Scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition in both non-polarised (M0) and pro-inflammatory (M1) macrophages promoted anti-inflammatory (M2) polarisation, confirmed by molecular and protein analysis. The regenerative potential of this macrophage polarisation was validated through inflammatory and angiogenic functional assays with endothelial cells. In parallel, scaffold-mediated miRNA-155 inhibition in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) enhanced axonal regrowth, essential for the synergistic repair of chronic wounds across the skin-nerve axis.

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Chronic woundsCollagenGene deliveryInflammationmiRNA inhibitionNeural repair

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PMID41737641
PMCPMC12926579

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