Table 2 Current experimental strategies in the treatment of irradiated wounds
From: Wound healing after radiation therapy: Review of the literature
Experimental strategies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Dressings | Injection of cells | Topicals | Application of growth factors |
hydrogel membranes | unirradiated fibroblasts | polyphenolic bioflavonoids | TGF-beta (1,2,3) and antisense TGF-beta oligonucleotides |
bacterial cellulose | dermis-derived multipotent cells | phenylbutyrate, valproic acid, ascorbic acid | platelet-derived growth factor |
silver nanoparticles | adipose-derived stem cells | tissue and microbial transglutaminases | recombinant human epidermal growth factor |
skin allografts | copper tripeptide | macrophage colony stimulating factor | |
Thrombin receptor-activating peptide | granulocyte colony stimulating factor | ||
basic fibroblast growth factor | |||
vascular endothelial growth factor | |||