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Acute and Impaired Wound Healing: Pathophysiology and Current Methods for Drug Delivery, Part 2 Role of Growth Factors in Normal and Pathological Wound Healing Therapeutic Potential and Methods of Delivery

Year: 2012

Type: review

Abstract: In Brief This is the second of 2 articles that discuss the biology and pathophysiology of wound healing, reviewing the role that growth factors play in this process and describing the current methods for growth factor delivery into the wound bed. In part 2 of this article series, the authors review the current state of knowledge regarding the utility and mechanisms of action for growth factor-dependent wound healing therapeutic approaches and discuss methods that can be used for delivery of growth factors into the chronic and acute wound bed.

Source: Advances in Skin & Wound Care

DOI: 10.1097/01.asw.0000418541.31366.a3

Authors: Tatiana N. Demidova-Rice, Michael R. Hamblin, Ira M. Herman

Institution: Tufts University

Language: English

Topic: Wound Healing and Treatments

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases