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Accelerated Wound Healing Using a Novel Far-Infrared Ceramic Blanket.

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Carrick, Frederick Robert  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2818-6551
Valerio, Luis Sebastian Alexis  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8972-1223
Gonzalez-Vega, Maxine N  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-1565
Engel, David 

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Wounds are associated with ranges of simple to complex disruption or damage to anatomical structure and function. They are also associated with enormous economic and social costs, increasing yearly, resulting in a severe impact on the wellbeing of individuals and society. Technology that might accelerate wound healing is associated with many benefits to injured people. METHODS: BALBc mice underwent symmetrical excisional wounds through the panniculus carnosus. They were divided into a treatment group placed on an autonomous ceramic far-field infrared blanket (cIFRB) and a control group maintained under standard conditions. We also expanded and cultured adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on cIFRB and compared them to standard conditions subjected to a scratch injury to compare survival, proliferation, and wound healing. RESULTS: The wound healing of the cIRFB treatment group was significantly faster than the control group of mice. The wound-healing effect of mesenchymal stem cells on cIRFB was also increased and associated with significant migration to the wound area. CONCLUSIONS: Wound healing is improved in a mouse model exposed to cFIRB. The ceramic blanket also promotes survival, proliferation, increased migration, and wound healing of MSCs without affecting their survival and proliferation. The utilization of cFIRB in cellular biology and medical applications may be promising in many situations currently explored in animal and human models. This technology needs no direct or battery power source and is entirely autonomous and noninvasive, making its application possible in any environment.

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ceramic, far field infrared, mesenchymal stem cells, mouse model, regeneration, wound healing

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Life (Basel)

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2075-1729
2075-1729

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MDPI AG