Expression of Angiogenic Biomarkers During Healing of Intra-Oral Soft Tissue Engineered Grafts

In a clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of rhPDGF-BB to promote soft and hard tissue engineering of the periodontium, the subjects provided gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) or periodontal wound fluid (WF) and the results demonstrated contrasting inducible expression patterns of PDGF-AB, VEGF, and ICTP during periodontal healing \[17, 24, 25\]. However, little is known regarding the release of these molecules into local periodontal wound fluid during tissue-engineered grafts. The aim of this study is to determine the presence and influence of angiogenic biomarkers, such as PDGF, VEGF, and FGF, involved in the wound healing process of tissue engineered grafts in the treatment of subjects (with recession-type defects) who have an insufficient zone of attached gingival associated with at least two nonadjacent teeth. STUDY OBJECTIVES The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the expression of angiogenic biomarkers involved in the wound healing process of 2 different periodontal surgical approaches: 1) CelTx™ (living bilayered cell therapy product) and 2) free gingival grafts