{"title":"Inflammatory and Angiogenic Abnormalities in Diabetic Wound Healing: Role of Neuropeptides and Therapeutic Perspectives","authors":"A. Tellechea, E. Leal, A. Veves, E. Carvalho","doi":"10.2174/1874382601003010043","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) is one of the most costly and debilitating complications of diabetes and is the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations, affecting 15% of the diabetic population. Impaired wound healing in diabetic patients without large-vessel disease has been attributed to microvascular dysfunction, neuropathy, and abnormal cellular and inflammatory responses. These abnormalities have been examined mainly in animal models although a few studies have been undertaken in diabetic patients. This review provides an overview of the inflammatory and vascular abnormali- ties in DFU and emphasises the role of angiogenic growth factors, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), and neuropeptides as mediators of wound healing and potential therapeutic agents for these chronic, non-healing ulcers.","PeriodicalId":90364,"journal":{"name":"The open circulation & vascular journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"43","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The open circulation & vascular journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1874382601003010043","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) is one of the most costly and debilitating complications of diabetes and is the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations, affecting 15% of the diabetic population. Impaired wound healing in diabetic patients without large-vessel disease has been attributed to microvascular dysfunction, neuropathy, and abnormal cellular and inflammatory responses. These abnormalities have been examined mainly in animal models although a few studies have been undertaken in diabetic patients. This review provides an overview of the inflammatory and vascular abnormali- ties in DFU and emphasises the role of angiogenic growth factors, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), and neuropeptides as mediators of wound healing and potential therapeutic agents for these chronic, non-healing ulcers.
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