• Xinlei Hu, Huafeng Sun, Chunmao Han, Xingang Wang, and Weijie Yu.
• The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Zhejiang University, Burns Department, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, China.
• Burns. 2011 Aug 1; 37 (5): 729-41.

AbstractThe process of wound healing involves a complex interplay of cells, mediators, growth factors and cytokines. GM-CSF has been shown to be involved in a number of processes essential in this event. Topically applied rhGM-CSF has been reported to successfully treat wounds with diverse etiology, including burns, chronic venous leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, and leprosy ulcers, both in animal experiments and clinical studies. To evaluate the effect of the rhGM-CSF on wound healing, 8 RCT studies and 23 clinical studies and case reports are collected for analysis of the evidence. The overall effects of rhGM-CSF on the healing of wound are diverse. Topically applied rhGM-CSF is beneficial for deep partial-thickness burn wounds, chronic leg ulcers, and leprosy ulcers. rhGM-CSF may have a positive effect on other type of chronic ulcers such as pressure ulcers and cancer related ulcers, but the evidence is not sufficient for generalised use at present. rhGM-CSF is suggested have no accelerating effect on the healing of healthy wounds or surgical incisions.Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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