Nano-Micro Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Feb. 6, 2024
Inflammatory
skin
disorders
can
cause
chronic
scarring
and
functional
impairments,
posing
a
significant
burden
on
patients
the
healthcare
system.
Conventional
therapies,
such
as
corticosteroids
nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory
drugs,
are
limited
in
efficacy
associated
with
adverse
effects.
Recently,
nanozyme
(NZ)-based
hydrogels
have
shown
great
promise
addressing
these
challenges.
NZ-based
possess
unique
therapeutic
abilities
by
combining
benefits
of
redox
nanomaterials
enzymatic
activity
water-retaining
capacity
hydrogels.
The
multifaceted
effects
include
scavenging
reactive
oxygen
species
other
inflammatory
mediators
modulating
immune
responses
toward
pro-regenerative
environment
enhancing
regenerative
potential
triggering
cell
migration
differentiation.
This
review
highlights
current
state
art
NZ-engineered
(NZ@hydrogels)
for
regeneration
applications.
It
also
discusses
underlying
chemo-mechano-biological
mechanisms
behind
their
effectiveness.
Additionally,
challenges
future
directions
this
ground,
particularly
clinical
translation,
addressed.
insights
provided
aid
design
engineering
novel
hydrogels,
offering
new
possibilities
targeted
personalized
skin-care
therapies.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
15(8), P. 12687 - 12722
Published: Aug. 10, 2021
Hydrogels,
due
to
their
excellent
biochemical
and
mechnical
property,
have
shown
attractive
advantages
in
the
field
of
wound
dressings.
However,
a
comprehensive
review
functional
hydrogel
as
dressing
is
still
lacking.
This
work
first
summarizes
skin
healing
process
relates
evaluation
parameters
then
reviews
advanced
functions
dressings
such
antimicrobial
adhesion
hemostasis,
anti-inflammatory
anti-oxidation,
substance
delivery,
self-healing,
stimulus
response,
conductivity,
recently
emerged
monitoring
feature,
strategies
adopted
achieve
these
are
all
classified
discussed.
Furthermore,
applications
for
treatment
different
types
wounds
incisional
excisional
summarized.
Chronic
also
mentioned,
focus
attention
on
infected
wounds,
burn
diabetic
Finally,
future
directions
further
proposed.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
121(18), P. 11385 - 11457
Published: May 3, 2021
Advances
in
hydrogel
technology
have
unlocked
unique
and
valuable
capabilities
that
are
being
applied
to
a
diverse
set
of
translational
applications.
Hydrogels
perform
functions
relevant
range
biomedical
purposes-they
can
deliver
drugs
or
cells,
regenerate
hard
soft
tissues,
adhere
wet
prevent
bleeding,
provide
contrast
during
imaging,
protect
tissues
organs
radiotherapy,
improve
the
biocompatibility
medical
implants.
These
make
hydrogels
useful
for
many
distinct
pressing
diseases
conditions
even
less
conventional
areas
such
as
environmental
engineering.
In
this
review,
we
cover
major
hydrogels,
with
focus
on
novel
benefits
injectable
how
they
relate
applications
medicine
environment.
We
pay
close
attention
development
contemporary
requires
extensive
interdisciplinary
collaboration
accomplish
highly
specific
complex
biological
tasks
from
cancer
immunotherapy
tissue
engineering
vaccination.
complement
our
discussion
preclinical
clinical
mechanical
design
considerations
needed
scaling
technologies
application.
anticipate
readers
will
gain
more
complete
picture
expansive
possibilities
practical
impactful
differences
across
numerous
fields
Biomaterials Science,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
8(8), P. 2084 - 2101
Published: Jan. 1, 2020
This
review
presented
the
crucial
design
considerations
and
current
state
of
polysaccharide-based
hydrogels
as
wound
dressings.
The
commonly
used
crosslinking
techniques
are
also
discussed
in
detail.
Biomacromolecules,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
21(5), P. 1802 - 1811
Published: Jan. 22, 2020
Chronic
wounds
are
often
recalcitrant
to
treatment
because
of
high
microbial
bioburden
and
the
problem
resistance.
Silver
is
a
broad-spectrum
natural
antimicrobial
agent
with
wide
applications
extending
proprietary
wound
dressings.
Recently,
silver
nanoparticles
have
attracted
attention
in
management.
In
current
study,
green
synthesis
was
accomplished
using
reducing
agent,
curcumin,
which
polyphenolic
compound
that
well-known
as
wound-healing
agent.
The
hydrophobicity
curcumin
overcome
by
its
microencapsulation
cyclodextrins.
This
study
demonstrates
production,
characterization
aqueous
curcumin:hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin
complex
loading
them
into
bacterial
cellulose
hydrogel
moist
properties.
These
nanoparticle-loaded
hydrogels
were
characterized
for
wound-management
applications.
addition
cytocompatibility,
these
novel
dressings
exhibited
activity
against
three
common
wound-infecting
pathogenic
microbes
Staphylococcus
aureus,
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa,
Candida
auris.
Bioactive Materials,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
6(9), P. 2829 - 2840
Published: Feb. 21, 2021
In
recent
years,
the
developed
hemostatic
technologies
are
still
difficult
to
be
applied
hemostasis
of
massive
arterial
and
visceral
hemorrhage,
owing
their
weak
function,
inferior
wet
tissue
adhesion,
low
mechanical
properties.
Herein,
a
mussel-inspired
supramolecular
interaction-cross-linked
hydrogel
with
robust
property
(308.47
±
29.20
kPa)
excellent
efficiency
(96.5%
2.1%)
was
constructed
as
sealant.
Typically,
we
combined
chitosan
(CS)
silk
fibroin
(SF)
by
cross-linking
them
through
tannic
acid
(TA)
maintain
structural
stability
hydrogel,
especially
for
adhesion
ability
(shear
adhesive
strength
=
29.66
0.36
kPa).
Compared
other
materials
reported
previously,
obtained
CS/TA/SF
yielded
lower
amount
blood
loss
shorter
time
in
various
bleeding
models,
which
could
ascribed
synergistic
effect
wound
closure
under
state
well
intrinsic
activity
CS.
As
superior
sealant,
unique
proposed
this
work
can
exploited
offer
significant
advantages
acute
hemorrhage
restrictive
access
therapeutic
moieties.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
12(52), P. 57782 - 57797
Published: Dec. 18, 2020
The
development
of
natural
polymer-based
hydrogels,
combining
outstanding
injectability,
self-healing,
and
tissue
adhesion,
with
mechanical
performance,
able
to
facilitate
full-thickness
skin
wound
healing,
remains
challenging.
We
have
developed
an
injectable
micellar
hydrogel
(AF127/HA-ADH/OHA-Dop)
adhesive
self-healing
properties
accelerate
healing.
Dopamine-functionalized
oxidized
hyaluronic
acid
(OHA-Dop),
adipic
dihydrazide-modified
HA
(HA-ADH),
aldehyde-terminated
Pluronic
F127
(AF127)
were
employed
as
polymer
backbones.
They
cross-linked
in
situ
using
Schiff
base
dynamic
covalent
bonds
(AF127
micelle/HA-ADH
network
HA-ADH/OHA-Dop
network),
hydrogen
bonding,
π–π
stacking
interactions.
resulting
multicross-linked
double-network
design
forms
a
hydrogel.
unique
structure
endows
the
both
improved
injection
abilities
performance
while
faster
than
single-network
hydrogels.
Inspired
by
mussel
foot
protein,
OHA-Dop
mimics
catechol
groups
seen
proteins,
endowing
hydrogels
robust
adhesion
properties.
also
demonstrate
potential
our
cutaneous
closure
improve
regeneration
reduced
scarring.
anticipate
that
platform
based
on
novel
will
transform
future
multifunctional
dressings.
Bioactive Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
24, P. 197 - 235
Published: Dec. 23, 2022
Chronic
wounds
have
become
one
of
the
most
important
issues
for
healthcare
systems
and
are
a
leading
cause
death
worldwide.
Wound
dressings
necessary
to
facilitate
wound
treatment.
Engineering
may
substantially
reduce
healing
time,
risk
recurrent
infections,
disability
costs
associated.
In
path
engineering
an
ideal
dressing,
hydrogels
played
role.
Hydrogels
3D
hydrophilic
polymeric
structures
that
can
provide
protective
barrier,
mimic
native
extracellular
matrix
(ECM),
humid
environment.
Due
their
advantages,
(with
different
architectural,
physical,
mechanical,
biological
properties)
been
extensively
explored
as
dressing
platforms.
Here
we
describe
recent
studies
on
applications
with
strong
focus
interplay
between
fabrication
method
used
performance
achieved.
Moreover,
review
categories
additives
which
enhance
regeneration
using
hydrogel
dressings.
Hydrogel
promises
generation
smart
solutions
solve
this
pressing
problem,
enabling
key
functionalities
such
bacterial
growth
inhibition,
enhanced
re-epithelialization,
vascularization,
improved
recovery
tissue
functionality,
overall,
accelerated
effective
healing.