Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Wound Healing - New insights into Ancient Challenges

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Published12 October 2016

Doi10.5772/61906

ISBN978-953-51-2679-9

Print ISBN978-953-51-2678-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-7316-8

Copyright year2016

Number of pages544

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. The Role of MicroRNAs in Impaired Diabetic Wound Healing

By Maggie M. Hodges, Carlos Zgheib, Junwang Xu and Kenneth W. Liechty

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2. The Physiological Roles of Leptin in Skin Wound Healing

By Reiko Tokuyama-Toda and Kazuhito Satomura

1,661
3. Roles of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Cutaneous Wound Healing

By Trung T. Nguyen, Shahriar Mobashery and Mayland Chang

4,650
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5. Cellular Therapy for Wounds: Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Wound Healing

By Moyassar B. H. Al‐Shaibani, Xiao‐nong Wang, Penny E. Lovat and Anne M. Dickinson

2,828
7
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7. Regenerative Approaches in Wound Healing: New Alternatives for Older Tools

By Michele R Colonna, Lupo Flavia, Delia Gabriele and Stagno d’Alcontres Francesco

1,779
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8. Polarisation of Macrophage and Immunotherapy in the Wound Healing

By Yu-Sheng Wu, Fan-Hua Nan, Sherwin Chen and Shiu-Nan Chen

1,843
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10. A Potential Mechanism for Diabetic Wound Healing: Cutaneous Environmental Disorders

By Junna Ye, Ting Xie, Yiwen Niu, Liang Qiao, Ming Tian, Chun Qing and Shuliang Lu

2,244
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12. Venous Leg Ulceration

By Aslı Aksu Çerman, İlknur Kıvanç Altunay and Ezgi Aktaş Karabay

2,152
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14. Pressure Ulcers

By Jill M. Monfre

1,913
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15. Surgical Management of Wounds

By Peter Mekhail, Shuchi Chaturvedi and Shailesh Chaturvedi

2,934
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16. Physical Modalities in the Management of Wound(s)

By Amir Feily, Fatemeh Moeineddin and Shadi Mehraban

2,338
2
17. Antimicrobial Dressings for Improving Wound Healing

By Omar Sarheed, Asif Ahmed, Douha Shouqair and Joshua Boateng

4,594
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19. The Use of Amniotic Membrane in the Management of Complex Chronic Wounds

By Gregorio Castellanos, Ángel Bernabé‐García, Carmen García Insausti, Antonio Piñero, José M. Moraleda and Francisco J. Nicolás

1,897
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20. Progress and Perspectives in the Management of Wound Infections

By Federica Paladini, Mauro Pollini, Alessandro Sannino and Luigi Ambrosio

2,291
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21. Alternative Approaches to Wound Healing

By Anuradha Majumdar and Prajakta Sangole

3,219
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22. Medicinal Plants and Natural Products with Demonstrated Wound Healing Properties

By Christian Agyare, Emelia Oppong Bekoe, Yaw Duah Boakye, Susanna Oteng Dapaah, Theresa Appiah and Samuel Oppong Bekoe

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