Functional late outgrowth endothelial progenitors isolated from peripheral blood of burned patients |
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Authors: | Sté phanie Rignault-Clerc,Christelle Bielmann,Frederik Delodder,Wassim Raffoul,Bernard Waeber,Lucas Liaudet,Mette M. Berger,Franç ois Feihl,Nathalie Rosenblatt-Velin |
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Affiliation: | 1. Division de Physiopathologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Switzerland;2. Service de Médecine Intensive Adulte, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Switzerland;3. Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | BackgroundBioengineered skin substitutes are increasingly considered as a useful option for the treatment of full thickness burn injury. Their viability following grafting can be enhanced by seeding the skin substitute with late outgrowth endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). However, it is not known whether autologous EPCs can be obtained from burned patients shortly after injury.MethodsLate outgrowth EPCs were isolated from peripheral blood sampled obtained from 10 burned patients (extent 19.6 ± 10.3% TBSA) within the first 24 h of hospital admission, and from 7 healthy subjects. Late outgrowth EPCs were phenotyped in vitro.ResultsIn comparison with similar cells obtained from healthy subjects, growing colonies from burned patients yielded a higher percentage of EPC clones (46 versus 17%, p = 0.013). Furthermore, EPCs from burned patients secreted more vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) into the culture medium than did their counterparts from healthy subjects (85.8 ± 56.2 versus 17.6 ± 14 pg/mg protein, p = 0.018). When injected to athymic nude mice 6 h after unilateral ligation of the femoral artery, EPCs from both groups of subjects greatly accelerated the reperfusion of the ischaemic hindlimb and increased the number of vascular smooth muscle cells.ConclusionsThe present study supports that, in patients with burns of moderate extension, it is feasible to obtain functional autologous late outgrowth EPCs from peripheral blood. These results constitute a strong incentive to pursue approaches based on using autotransplantation of these cells to improve the therapy of full thickness burns. |
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Keywords: | Skin Burns Angiogenesis Progenitor cells Vascular endothelium |
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