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Dr Holly Wilkinson's Outputs (3)

Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing (2024)
Journal Article
Rodriguez-Barucg, Q., Garcia, A., Garcia-Merino, B., Akinmola, T., Okotie-Eboh, T., Francis, T., Bringas, E., Ortiz, I., Wade, M., Dowle, A., Joyce, D., Hardman, M., Wilkinson, H., & Beltran-Alvarez, P. (2024). Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing. Environmental Pollution, 362, Article 124952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124952

This study investigates the effects of environmentally-relevant concentrations of fluoxetine (FLX, commercial name: Prozac) on wound healing. Pollution of water systems with pharmaceutical and personal care products, including antidepressants such as... Read More about Environmental fluoxetine promotes skin cell proliferation and wound healing.

Wound Healing Promotion via Release of Therapeutic Metallic Ions from Phosphate Glass Fibers: An In Vitro and Ex Vivo Study (2024)
Journal Article
Hoxha, A., Nikolaou, A., Wilkinson, H. N., Hardman, M. J., Gutierrez-Merino, J., Felipe-Sotelo, M., & Carta, D. (2024). Wound Healing Promotion via Release of Therapeutic Metallic Ions from Phosphate Glass Fibers: An In Vitro and Ex Vivo Study. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(29), 37669-37682. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07035

Biomaterials capable of promoting wound healing and preventing infections remain in great demand to address the global unmet need for the treatment of chronic wounds. Phosphate-based glasses (PG) have shown potential as bioresorbable materials capabl... Read More about Wound Healing Promotion via Release of Therapeutic Metallic Ions from Phosphate Glass Fibers: An In Vitro and Ex Vivo Study.

Selective Depletion of Staphylococcus aureus Restores the Skin Microbiome and Accelerates Tissue Repair after Injury (2024)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, H. N., Stafford, A. R., Rudden, M., Rocha, N. D., Kidd, A. S., Iveson, S., Bell, A. L., Hart, J., Duarte, A., Frieling, J., Janssen, F., Röhrig, C., de Rooij, B., Ekhart, P. F., & Hardman, M. J. (2024). Selective Depletion of Staphylococcus aureus Restores the Skin Microbiome and Accelerates Tissue Repair after Injury. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 144(8), 1865-1876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2024.01.018

Our skin is home to a diverse community of commensal microorganisms integral to cutaneous function. However, microbial dysbiosis and barrier perturbation increase the risk of local and systemic infection. Staphylococcus aureus is a particularly probl... Read More about Selective Depletion of Staphylococcus aureus Restores the Skin Microbiome and Accelerates Tissue Repair after Injury.