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ReviewAdvanced healthcare materials2025

Advancing Chronic Wound Healing through Electrical Stimulation and Adipose-Derived Stem Cells.

Qiuyue Peng, Yu Qian, Xinxin Xiao, Fengdi Gao, Guoqiang Ren, Cristian Pablo Pennisi

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Review in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Qiuyue PengDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Gistrup, 9260, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4951-9968
Yu QianDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Gistrup, 9260, Denmark.
Xinxin XiaoDepartment of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Gistrup, 9260, Denmark.
Fengdi GaoDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Gistrup, 9260, Denmark.
Guoqiang RenThe Affiliated Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University, Department of Dermatology, Ningbo, 315046, China.
Cristian Pablo PennisiDepartment of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Gistrup, 9260, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic cutaneous wounds are a major clinical challenge worldwide due to delayed healing, recurrent infections, and resistance to conventional therapies. Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) have shown promise as a cell-based therapy, but their therapeutic efficacy is often compromised by the harsh microenvironment of chronic wounds. Recent advances in bioengineering, particularly the application of electrical stimulation (ES), offer an innovative approach to enhancing the regenerative properties of ASCs. By restoring the natural electrical current in the wound, ES provides a strong stimulus to the cells involved in healing, thereby accelerating the overall wound-healing process. Recent studies show that ASCs can be significantly activated by ES, which increases their viability, proliferation, migration, and secretory capacity, all of which are crucial for the proper healing of chronic wounds. This review examines the synergistic effects of ES and ASCs on wound healing, focusing on the biological mechanisms involved. The review also highlights novel self-powered systems and other emerging technologies such as advanced conductive materials and devices that promise to improve the clinical translation of ES-based treatments. By summarizing the current state of knowledge, this review aims to provide a framework for future research and clinical application of ES and ASCs in wound care.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueElectric StimulationElectric Stimulation TherapyStem CellsWound HealingAnimalsHumansStem Cell Transplantationadipose‐derived stem cellschronic woundselectrical stimulationsmart materials

Identifiers

PMID40025921
PMCPMC12004429

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