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SUBMITTER: Yu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7679602 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Weiling W Bien-Aime Stephan S Mattos Marcelo M Alsadun Sarah S Wada Keisuke K Rogado Sarah S Fiorellini Joseph J Graves Dana D Uhrich Kathryn K
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 20160719 10
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder caused by insulin resistance and/or deficiency and impairs bone quality and bone healing due to altered gene expression, reduced vascularization, and prolonged inflammation. No effective treatments for diabetic bone healing are currently available, and most existing treatments do not directly address the diabetic complications that impair bone healing. We recently demonstrated that sustained and localized delivery of salicylic acid (SA) via an SA-based polymer pr ...[more]