Frontiers in Immunology
Research advances on postbiotics in promoting skin wound healing: mechanisms, formulations, and clinical translation
Wound healing is a complex process involving different cell types, molecules and stages in the dermis, epidermis and associated microbiome. Chronic wounds caused by pressure, diabetes, or immunodeficiency often have huge economic and therapeutic costs. Postbiotics, in particular inactivated bacteria, cell components and metabolites, are emerging as novel treatments targeting the skin microbiome and provide precise treatment options for wound healing, inflammation, angiogenesis and re-epithelialization. We review th …