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<p>Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease associated with high cardiovascular risk. A vascular complication of diabetes is foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers are prevalent and substantially reduce the quality of life of patients who have them. Currently, diabetic foot ulcer is a major problem for wound care specialists, and its treatment requires considerable health care resources. So far, various therapeutic modalities have been proposed to treat diabetic foot ulcers and one of them is stem cell-based therapy. Stem cell-based therapy has shown great promise for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. This strategy has been shown to be safe and effective in both preclinical and clinical trials. In this review, we provide an overview of the stem cell types and possible beneficial effects of stem cell transplantation therapy for diabetic foot ulcers, and an overview of the current status of stem cell research in both preclinical and clinical trial stages of treatment strategies for diabetic foot ulcers.</p>
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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease associated with high cardiovascular risk. A vascular complication of diabetes is foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers are prevalent and substantially reduce the quality of life of patients who have them. Currently, diabetic foot ulcer is a major problem for wound care specialists, and its treatment requires considerable health care resources. So far, various therapeutic modalities have been proposed to treat diabetic foot ulcers and one of them is stem cell-based therapy. Stem cell-based therapy has shown great promise for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. This strategy has been shown to be safe and effective in both preclinical and clinical trials. In this review, we provide an overview of the stem cell types and possible beneficial effects of stem cell transplantation therapy for diabetic foot ulcers, and an overview of the current status of stem cell research in both preclinical and clinical trial stages of treatment strategies for diabetic foot ulcers.

Stem cell transplantation therapy for diabetic foot ulcer: a narrative review

Asian Biomedicine

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{"article-title":"Stem cell transplantation therapy for diabetic foot ulcer: a narrative review"}

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease associated with high cardiovascular risk. A vascular complication of diabetes is foot ulcers. Diabetic foot...

Stem cell transplantation therapy for diabetic foot ulcer: a narrative review

Article Category: Review

Publicado en línea: 21 feb 2021

Páginas: 3 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2021-0002

Palabras clave
diabetes complications, diabetic angiopathies, diabetic foot, stem cell transplantation, wound healing

© 2021 Sahar Shafiee et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Stem cell transplantation therapy for diabetic foot ulcer: a narrative review

Article Category: Review

Publicado en línea: 21 feb 2021

Páginas: 3 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2021-0002

Palabras clavediabetes complications, diabetic angiopathies, diabetic foot, stem cell transplantation, wound healing

© 2021 Sahar Shafiee et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
diabetes complications, diabetic angiopathies, diabetic foot, stem cell transplantation, wound healing