Chitosan-based dressings loaded with neurotensin—an efficient strategy to improve early diabetic wound healing

One important complication of diabetes mellitus is chronic, non-healing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). This study aims to develop and use dressings based on chitosan derivatives for the sustained delivery of neurotensin (NT), a neuropeptide that acts as an inflammatory modulator in wound healing. Thre...

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Main Author: Moura, Liane I. F. (author)
Other Authors: Dias, Ana M. A. (author), Leal, Ermelindo C. (author), Carvalho, Lina (author), Sousa, Hermínio C. de (author), Carvalho, Eugénia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Chitosan derivatives
Wound dressings
Diabetic foot ulcers
Neurotensin
Wound healing
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27278
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/27278

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http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27278

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