Revisiting fresh fibroblast allograft as a treatment for diabetic foot ulcers

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Han, Seung Kyu ^a   Kim, Woo Kyung ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE DURATION; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST ALLOGRAFT; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INFECTION; LETTER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; WOUND CLOSURE; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 61449103809     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181959701     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Mansbridge JN, Kang LR, Pinney E, Patch R, Ratcliffe A, Naughton GK. Growth factors secreted by fibroblasts: Role in healing diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetes Obes Metab. 1999;1:265-279.
2. Lerman OZ, Galiano RD, Armour M, Levine JP, Gurtner GC. Cellular dysfunction in the diabetic fibroblast: Impairment in migration, vascular endothelial growth factor production, and response to hypoxia. Am J Pathol. 2003;162:306-312.
3. Loecker WD, Koptelov VA, Grischenko VI, Loecker PD. Effects of cell concentration on viability and metabolic activity during cryopreservation. Cryobiology 1998;37:103-109.
4. Kano M, Masuda Y, Tominaga T, et al. Collagen synthesis and collagenase activity of cryopreserved heart valves. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001;122:706-711.
5. Han SK, Choi KJ, Kim WK. Clinical application of fresh fi-broblast allografts for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers: A pilot study. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004;114:1783-1789.