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LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 302-310Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22776
Keywords
acne scar; fractional CO2 laser; platelet-rich plasma; TGF beta; collagen
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- MOTIE (Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy) - KIAT Research Grant - Korean government [N0001681]
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Background: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) which contains large amounts of growth factors has been tried to enhance therapeutic efficacy of laser treatment for acne scar with unknown underlying mechanism. Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the molecular mechanism of increased clinical efficacy of PRP when combined with fractional laser treatment for treating acne scars. Methods: Subjects with mild to moderate acne scars were treated with two sessions of fractional CO2 laser therapy given with and without co-administration of PRP. Skin biopsy specimens were obtained at baseline, 1, 3, 7, and 28 days for investigation of molecular profiles associated with skin changes produced by laser plus PRP treatment. Results: The PRP treatment increased clinical efficacy with decreased severity of adverse effects such as erythema, swelling and oozing. Productions of TGFb1 and TGFb3 proteinswere more highly elevated on the PRP-treated side of the face compared to the control side at day 28. Furthermore, PRP-treated side showed significant increase of c-myc, TIMP, and HGF expression. Experimental fibroblast culture model was also used. PRP administration after laser irradiation increased expressions of p-Akt, TGFb1, TGFb3, b-catenin, collagen 1, and collagen 3 in both dose-dependent and time dependent manners in fibroblast. Moreover, we acquired clinical and histological data through randomized control clinical trial. Conclusion: Taken together with human study results combined with the data from cell experiments we suggest that PRP treatment increased fibrogenetic molecules induced by fractional CO2 laser, which have association with clinical effect. Lasers Surg. Med. 50: 302-310, 2018. (c) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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