Pre-vascularization enhances therapeutic effects of human mesenchymal stem cell sheets in full thickness skin wound repair

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Department

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Abstract

Split thickness skin graft (STSG) implantation is one of the standard therapies for full thickness wound repair when full thickness autologous skin grafts (FTG) or skin flap transplants are inapplicable. Combined transplantation of STSG with dermal substitute could enhance its therapeutic effects but the results remain unsatisfactory due to insufficient blood supply at early stages, which causes graft necrosis and fibrosis. Human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) sheets are capable of accelerating the wound healing process. We hypothesized that pre-vascularized hMSC sheets would further improve regeneration by providing more versatile angiogenic factors and pre-formed microvessels. In this work,

Publication Title

Theranostics

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