Maggots and wound healing: an investigation of the effects of secretions from Lucilia sericata larvae upon the migration of human dermal fibroblasts over a fibronectin‐coated surface

@article{Horobin2005MaggotsAW,
  title={Maggots and wound healing: an investigation of the effects of secretions from Lucilia sericata larvae upon the migration of human dermal fibroblasts over a fibronectin‐coated surface},
  author={Adele J Horobin and Kevin M. Shakesheff and David Idris Pritchard},
  journal={Wound Repair and Regeneration},
  year={2005},
  volume={13}
}
Lucilia sericata larvae, or greenbottle fly maggots, placed within chronic wounds have been observed to remove necrotic tissue and infection. They are also believed to actively promote granulation tissue formation. Interactions between fibroblasts and the surrounding extracellular matrix play a crucial role in tissue formation, influencing fibroblast proliferation, migration, and tissue remodeling. For example, the strength of cell adhesion to surfaces coated with extracellular matrix… 
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The Effect of Salivary Gland Extract of Lucillia Sericata Maggots on the Human Dermal Fibroblasts Proliferation

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Does maggot therapy promote wound healing? The clinical and cellular evidence

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  • Biology, Medicine
    Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
  • 2016
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Human Growth Factor Homologues, Detected in Externalised Secretions of Medicinal Larvae, Could be Responsible for Maggot-Induced Wound Healing

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Wound debridement potential of glycosidases of the wound‐healing maggot, Lucilia sericata

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The effect of Lucilia sericata larval excretion/secretion (ES) products on cellular responses in wound healing

This review summarizes the relevant literature on ES‐mediated effects on the cellular responses involved in wound healing and suggests that larva excretion/secretion (ES) products can facilitate the healing processes directly without the need of direct contact with the larvae.

The transcriptional responses of cultured wound cells to the excretions and secretions of medicinal Lucilia sericata larvae

Although ES had no direct effect on wound cell phenotypes it did partially reduce the immune response to bacterial LPS exposure, consistent with the profile of transcriptional responses that were dominated by modulation of immune response genes.

Molecular events underlying maggot extract promoted rat in vivo and human in vitro skin wound healing

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    Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society
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It is shown that both body extract and secretion/excretion of maggots contain favorable wound healing elements and that the enhancement of TGF‐beta/Smad3 and STAT3 signaling activities may be the main molecular effects of maggot extracts on the wound tissues.
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