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STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
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nd
International Conference on
THERAPEUTIC ROLE OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS SEEDED DERMAL MATRIX VER-
SUS ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX IN HEALING OF SKIN DEFECT
Mohamed S Abdelfattah, Ghada FMohamed, Manal HMoussa, Sahar MMOmar, Asmaa AAbo Zeid,
Walaa Baher, AssemMohammed, Ahmed Sabry, Omar Adel, Mahmoud Salem
and
Omar Ahmed
Armed Forces College of medicine, Egypt
Background & Objectives:
One of the major challenges facing the surgeons is replacing a full-thickness skin
loss successfully.
Aim:
This study aimed at testing the efficacy of de-cellularized dermal matrix seeded with bone marrow-mes-
enchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) as a scaffold for the repair of skin defect in rats in comparison to using acellular
dermal matrix (ADM) alone.
Materials & Methods:
A 2×2 cm2 size full thickness skin defect was created on the dorsum of 30 male Wister
rats (200- 250g) under xylazine (5mg/kg) and ketamine (50mg/kg) anesthesia. The animals were then randomly
divided into three equal groups: group I: the defect was left for spontaneous recovery, group II: the defect was
repaired with ADM alone, and group III: the defect was repaired with ADM seeded with labelled BM-MSCs. The
healing rate of the defect in all groups was assessed by measuring wound area and healing percentage twice
weekly. The specimens from the wound site were obtained from all groups on day 14 and day 28 post-opera-
tive for histological analysis.
Results:
Treatment of wound defect with BM-MSCs seeded dermal matrix resulted in complete wound recov-
ery on gross examination. Moreover, histological analysis showed proper re-epithelization, proper collagen
rearrangement together with minimal inflammatory cells. Well-developed hair follicles and sebaceous glands
were noted as well. Statistically, 28 days post-operatively, significant increase in healing rate, healing area per-
centage and collagen area percentage was detected together with significant decrease in vascular density
compared to group I and II.
Conclusion:
Stem cells seeded ADM facilitated early and better healing of skin defect in rats than the non-
seeded ADM and spontaneous healing.
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