Clinical review. Recombinant human GM-CSF in the treatment of poorly healing wounds.

Although most wounds heal rapidly, impaired or delayed tissue repair represents a major clinical challenge. Current therapy is directed at providing a wound with the most favorable environment in which to heal, rather than aiming to increase the rate of healing pharmacologically. Recent studies have...

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Publicado en:Advances in Skin & Wound Care Vol. 13; no. 3 part 1; pp. 107 - 113
Autores principales: Groves RW, Schmidt-Lucke JA
Formato: review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2000 May-Jun
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          Groves RW
          Schmidt-Lucke JA
        affil: Senior Lecturer in Dermatology, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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          Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Therapeutic Use
          Wound Healing
          Leg Ulcer Drug Therapy
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          Wound Healing Physiology
          Macrophages Physiology
          Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Administration and Dosage
          Injections, Subcutaneous
          Administration, Topical
          Venous Ulcer Drug Therapy
          Treatment Outcomes
          Surgical Wound Drug Therapy
          Time Factors
      ab: Although most wounds heal rapidly, impaired or delayed tissue repair represents a major clinical challenge. Current therapy is directed at providing a wound with the most favorable environment in which to heal, rather than aiming to increase the rate of healing pharmacologically. Recent studies have suggested that a number of drugs may act specifically to increase healing rates. In vivo studies have demonstrated that recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor facilitates wound contraction, causes local recruitment of inflammatory cells, and induces keratinocyte proliferation. It also activates mononuclear phagocytes, promotes migration of epithelial cells, and further regulates cytokine production. In 2 recent placebo-controlled studies involving venous leg ulceration, subcutaneous perilesional injections of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor were found to be significantly better than placebo in the time to complete wound healing. In other studies, recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor was administered topically to wounds. Several case reports have also demonstrated the use of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor for postsurgical wounds, chronic leg ulcers of sickle cell anemia patients, and refractory pyoderma gangrenosum. Despite proper attention to wound care, some wounds fail to heal in an appropriate fashion and may become chronic. Studies of wound physiology as well as experimental and clinical evidence suggest that recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor may promote healing of these lesions.
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