TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lara Beuatell, Cristóbal
A1  - Reyes, Nerea de los
A1  - Ortega, Miguel A.
A1  - Alvarez-Mon, Melchor
A1  - García-Honduvilla, Natalio
A1  - Buján-Varela, Julia
A1  - Maldonado, Andrés A.
T1  - Local growth hormone therapy for pressure ulcer healing on a human skin mouse model
T2  - International journal of molecular sciences
N2  - The growth hormone is involved in skin homeostasis and wound healing. We hypothesize whether it is possible to improve pressure ulcer (PU) healing by locally applying the recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in a human skin mouse model. Non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient mice (n = 10) were engrafted with a full-thickness human skin graft. After 60 days with stable grafts, human skin underwent three cycles of ischemia-reperfusion with a compression device to create a PU. Mice were classified into two groups: rhGH treatment group (n = 5) and control group (n = 5). In the rhGH group for local intradermal injections, each had 0.15 mg (0.5IU) applied to the PU edges, once per week for four weeks. Evaluation of the wound healing was conducted with photographic and visual assessments, and histological analysis was performed after complete wound healing. The results showed a healing rate twice as fast in the rhGH group compared to the control group (1.25 ± 0.33 mm2/day versus 0.61 ± 0.27 mm2/day; p-value < 0.05), with a faster healing rate during the first 30 days. The rhGH group showed thicker skin (1953 ± 457 µm versus 1060 ± 208 µm; p-value < 0.05) in the repaired area, with a significant decrease in collagen type I/III ratio at wound closure (62 days, range 60–70). Local administration of the rhGH accelerates PU healing in our model. The rhGH may have a clinical use in pressure ulcer treatmen
KW  - growth hormone
KW  - human skin graft
KW  - pressure ulcer treatment
KW  - wound healing
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51840
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-518404
SN  - 1422-0067
SN  - 1661-6596
N1  - This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
VL  - 20
IS  - 17, Art. 4157
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
PB  - Molecular Diversity Preservation International
CY  - Basel
ER  -