INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of stem cell therapy as an adjuvant treatment for congested skin flap. METHOD: @entity35 (n   =   21) were randomized into three groups. In group I, the flap was sutured without @entity63 . In group II, the vein was selectively clamped for 4 hours, and complete medium was administered upon clamp removal. In group III, ADSCs were administered upon removing the clamp. On postoperative day 7, the survival areas and the histopathologic findings were assessed. In addition, the expression of @entity1446 oxygenase (HO)-1 and nuclear factor (NF)-kB was assessed using immunofluorescent staining and western blot analyses. RESULTS: Compared with group II, group III showed significantly increased flap survival (31.2%        11.9% vs. 51.6%        13.6%, P   <   0.05). The degree of @entity854 was significantly lower in group III than in group II (9.38%        1.39 vs. 6.46%        2.57, P   <   0.05). In addition, in group III, the expression of @entity4026 was significantly lower (0.51        0.21 vs. 0.34        0.21, P   <   0.05), whereas that of @entity22456 was significantly higher (0.25        0.11 vs. 0.43        0.18, P   <   0.01). Immunofluorescent staining also showed more @entity22456 -positive cells in group III than in group II (10.9%        1.6% vs. 16.0%        1.7%, P   <   0.01). CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrated that treatment with ADSCs significantly increased flap survival in @entity63 -reperfusion conditions. Further investigation of these protective effects and optimization of the treatment protocol could make cell therapy a viable treatment.    2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microsurgery, 2015.

Improved skin flap survival in XXXX -reperfusion injury with the use of adipose-derived stem cells.

@entity63 :: ('MESH:D007511', 'Disease') :: ['venous ischemia'] @entity22456 :: ('24451(Tax:10116)', 'Gene') :: ['HO-1'] @entity854 :: ('MESH:D018376', 'Disease') :: ['histological abnormalities'] @entity35 :: ('10116', 'Species') :: ['Sprague-Dawley rats'] @entity4026 :: ('81736(Tax:10116)', 'Gene') :: ['NF-kB'] @entity1446 :: ('MESH:D006418', 'Chemical') :: ['heme']
@entity63 :: (MESH:D007511,Disease) :: ['venous ischemia']
