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Novel dextran modified bacterial cellulose hydrogel accelerating cutaneous wound healing

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Development of an ideal wound dressing to efficiently improve the wound healing process is an important issue in wound care. The present study aims to develop a dextran/bacterial cellulose (BC) hydrogel and to evaluate its performance in wound healing applications. The assessments include material properties (morphology, thermostability and its mechanical properties), cytotoxicity, cell proliferation and wound healing. The results show that the addition of dextran affected the network structure of BC resulting in decreased decomposition temperature (339–261 °C), water content (98.7–89.2%), and tensile strength (23–0.61 MPa). However, the elongation rates were kept at approximately 33–28% in BC, 10% and 20% in dextran modified groups. Cell-based experiments showed that the dextran-modified BC hydrogel promoted enhanced cell proliferation without cytotoxicity compared to unmodified BC. Finally, the in vivo wound healing test demonstrated that dextran-modified BC hydrogel can accelerate the wound healing process and facilitate skin maturation, which suggests that dextran/BC hydrogel is a promising wound dressing for clinical applications.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are very grateful to Shin-Yu Lai from Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine at National Taiwan University for her assistance with the animal model experiment and H&E staining. The authors would also like to thank William Gerin, a Professor of Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, for English editing.

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This work was sponsored in part by “Aim for the Top University Plan” 102C3619 of National Taiwan University and the National Science Council, Taiwan, under Contract No. 102-2628-B-002-004-MY3.

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  1. Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Shin-Ping Lin, Kai-Di Hsu & Kuan-Chen Cheng

  2. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Hsiu-Ni Kung

  3. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    You-Shan Tsai

  4. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Tien-Ni Tseng

  5. Graduate Institute of Food Science Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

    Kuan-Chen Cheng

  6. Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Kuan-Chen Cheng

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Lin, SP., Kung, HN., Tsai, YS. et al. Novel dextran modified bacterial cellulose hydrogel accelerating cutaneous wound healing. Cellulose 24, 4927–4937 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1448-x

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