OBJECTIVE: a wound is considered chronic if it does not heal timely. Basic processes at work are similar to acute healing, but their persistence leads to abundant granulation tissue and often fibrosis, scar contraction and loss of function. Wounds may become chronic because of local and systemic conditions and are a major concern in clinical dermatology. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proposed for these cases, through the administration of aminolevulinc acid (ALA), leading to the synthesis of the photosensitizer Protoporphiryn IX (PpIX), followed by illumination with visible light. METHODS: to study the effects of this therapy on the cell infiltrate of chronic wounds, cryosection of lesions before and after PDT were post fixed in cold acetone and stained with Haematoxilin and eosin or immunolabeled with antibodies to laminin5 (for basement membrane), HSP47 (for fibroblasts), Spm 250 (for granulocytes), Intact neighbour skin was used as control. RESULTS: the cellular infiltrate, as well as the thickness of epidermis, the vascularization and the number of fibroblasts appeared increased in chronic wounds over healthy skin. After completion of PDT, fibroblasts appeared further increased in number. CONCLUSION: the treatment seemed to stimulate the connective tissue cells responsible for tissue repair rather than inflammatory infiltrate.

Chronic wounds treated with photodynamic therapy: analysis of cellular response – preliminary results / Alessandro Corsi; Pier Paolo Lecci; Stefano Bacci; Pietro Cappugi. - In: ACTA VULNOLOGICA. - ISSN 1827-1774. - ELETTRONICO. - 11:(2013), pp. 23-33.

Chronic wounds treated with photodynamic therapy: analysis of cellular response – preliminary results

BACCI, STEFANO
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2013

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: a wound is considered chronic if it does not heal timely. Basic processes at work are similar to acute healing, but their persistence leads to abundant granulation tissue and often fibrosis, scar contraction and loss of function. Wounds may become chronic because of local and systemic conditions and are a major concern in clinical dermatology. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proposed for these cases, through the administration of aminolevulinc acid (ALA), leading to the synthesis of the photosensitizer Protoporphiryn IX (PpIX), followed by illumination with visible light. METHODS: to study the effects of this therapy on the cell infiltrate of chronic wounds, cryosection of lesions before and after PDT were post fixed in cold acetone and stained with Haematoxilin and eosin or immunolabeled with antibodies to laminin5 (for basement membrane), HSP47 (for fibroblasts), Spm 250 (for granulocytes), Intact neighbour skin was used as control. RESULTS: the cellular infiltrate, as well as the thickness of epidermis, the vascularization and the number of fibroblasts appeared increased in chronic wounds over healthy skin. After completion of PDT, fibroblasts appeared further increased in number. CONCLUSION: the treatment seemed to stimulate the connective tissue cells responsible for tissue repair rather than inflammatory infiltrate.
2013
11
23
33
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people
Alessandro Corsi; Pier Paolo Lecci; Stefano Bacci; Pietro Cappugi
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