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Disease-related autoantibody profile in patients with systemic sclerosis
Autoimmunity, 2017 Background: Autoantibodies (autoAbs) help in diagnosis and predicting clinical phenotypes in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Aim of the study: To determine the clinical utility of 13 SSc-related autoAbs in SSc patients.
Christos Liaskos +8 more
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Simvastatin - from cholesterol to venous ulcers?
, 2014 It is estimated that up to three per 1,000 of the Australian adult population are affected by leg ulcers. Venous ulcers are the most common cause of ulceration in the lower extremities, accounting for approximately 80-85% of leg ulcers.\ud \ud These ...
Lau, Esther, Nissen, Lisa
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Granulated sugar treatment for leg ulcers: a case report [PDF]
, 2015 This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Royal College of Nursing in Primary Health Care on 02/02/2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.26.1.26.s28 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final ...
Murandu, Moses
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han +5 more
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Frontiers in EndocrinologyBackgroundDiabetic foot ulcers impair quality of life and prognosis in diabetes. IL-6 and TNF-α regulate wound healing through inflammation. Although negative pressure wound therapy and silver dressings aid chronic wound repair, their combined efficacy ...
Lu Wang +4 more
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Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu +4 more
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Ask the expert: How to prevent leg ulcer recurrence when moving into compression hosiery. Leg ulceration [PDF]
, 2015 Once patients’ leg ulcers are healed, it is recommended that you move them from compression bandaging into leg ulcer hosiery kits or maintenance hosiery.
Atkin, Leanne
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Engineering Antigen Density on M13 Bacteriophage for Personalized Nanovaccine
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Increasing antigen density on the phage capsid impacts phage uptake and antigen cross‐presentation by antigen‐presenting cells, leading to enhanced activation of antitumor CD8+ T cells in the draining lymph nodes. These activated CD8+ T cells subsequently recognize the antigen‐expressing tumors and mediate their specific cytotoxic killing, thereby ...
Shengnan Huang +7 more
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A Critical Review on the Evolution of Chitosan‐Based Injectable Hydrogels in Bone Regeneration
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.The graphical illustration depicts hydrogel formulation using chitosan and biocompatible cross‐linkers, major advantages, and incorporation of cells, osteoinductive factors, and therapeutic drugs. Following injection, pH‐responsive gelation enables controlled drug release, promotes cell recruitment and osteogenic differentiation, enhances extracellular
Shivani Santosh Sakhrani +2 more
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Acta Medica Iranica, 2005 Behçet’s disease (BD) which is classified among vasculitides is a systemic disease with various manifestations. Its clinical course is characterized by attacks and remissions.
F. Davatchi +3 more
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