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KMID : 0359320060460040305
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
2006 Volume.46 No. 4 p.305 ~ p.313
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Silk fibroin/hyaluronic acid blend sponge accelerates the wound healing in full-thickness skin injury model of rat
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Kang Seuk-Yun
Roh Dae-Hyun
Kim Hyun-Woo
Yoon Seo-Yeon
Kwon Young-Bae
Kweon Hae-Yong
Lee Kwang-Gill
Park Young-Hwan
Lee Jang-Hern
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Abstract
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The primary goal of the wound healing is rapid wound closure. Recent advances in cellular and molecular biology have greatly expanded our understanding of the biologic processes involved in wound repair and tissue regeneration. This study was conducted to develop a new sponge type of biomaterial to be used for either wound dressing or scaffold for tissue engineering. We designed to make a comparative study of the wound healing effect of silk fibroin/hyaluronic acid (SF/HA) blend sponge in full-thickness dermal injury model of rat. Two full-thickness excisions were made on the back of the experimental animals. The excised wound was covered with either the silk fibroin (SF), hyaluronic acid (HA) or SF/HA (7:3 or 5:5 ratio) blend sponge. On the postoperative days of 3, 7, 10 and 14, the wound area was calculated by image analysis software. Simultaneously, the tissues were stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin and Masson`s trichrome methods to measure the area of regenerated epithelium and collagen deposition. In addition, we evaluated the degree of the epithelial cell proliferation using immunohistochemistry for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). We found that the half healing time (HT(50)) of SF/HA blend sponge treated groups were significantly decreased as compared with either those of SF or HA treatment group. Furthermore, SF/HA blend sponges significantly increased the size of epithelialization and collagen deposition as well as the number of PCNA positive cells on epidermal basement membrane as compared with those of control treatment. Especially, the 5:5 ratio group of SF/HA among all treatment groups was most effective on wound healing rate and histological studies. These results suggest that SF/HA blend sponges could accelerate the wound healing process through the increase of epithelialization, collagen deposition and basal cell proliferation in full thickness skin injury.
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KEYWORD
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epithelialization, hyaluronic acid, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, silk fibroin, wound healing
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