Abstract: The present invention relates to a gel composition comprising a glucan and a gelling agent, said composition having a melting point (gel to sol) above 37° C., as well as to the uses of this composition in therapy, in particular in wound healing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glucan having a weight average molar mass of 15,000 to 50,000 g/mol on a single chain basis and a weight average molar mass in aqueous solution on an aggregate basis of 4 to 20×105 g/mol and existing in gel form in aqueous solution at a concentration ?1% at 25° C. and neutral pH and having a melting temperature (gel to sol) of 35 to 60° C. when the glucan is dissolved in water at a concentration of 2%, methods for the production thereof, medical uses thereof, physical supports having the glucan applied thereto or impregnated thereon and in vitro methods of proliferation of skin cells which comprise contacting a population of skin cells with the glucan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glucan having a weight average molar mass of 15,000 to 50,000 g/mol on a single chain basis and a weight average molar mass in aqueous solution on an aggregate basis of 4 to 20×105 g/mol and existing in gel form in aqueous solution at a concentration ?1% at 25° C. and neutral pH and having a melting temperature (gel to sol) of 35 to 60° C. when the glucan is dissolved in water at a concentration of 2%, methods for the production thereof, medical uses thereof, physical supports having the glucan applied thereto or impregnated thereon and in vitro methods of proliferation of skin cells which comprise contacting a population of skin cells with the glucan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glucan having a weight average molar mass of 15,000 to 50,000 g/mol on a single chain basis and a weight average molar mass in aqueous solution on an aggregate basis of 4 to 20×105 g/mol and existing in gel form in aqueous solution at a concentration ?1% at 25° C. and neutral pH and having a melting temperature (gel to sol) of 35 to 60° C. when the glucan is dissolved in water at a concentration of 2%, methods for the production thereof, medical uses thereof, physical supports having the glucan applied thereto or impregnated thereon and in vitro methods of proliferation of skin cells which comprise contacting a population of skin cells with the glucan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glucan having a weight average molar mass of 15,000 to 50,000 g/mol on a single chain basis and a weight average molar mass in aqueous solution on an aggregate basis of 4 to 20×105 g/mol and existing in gel form in aqueous solution at a concentration ?1% at 25° C. and neutral pH and having a melting temperature (gel to sol) of 35 to 60° C. when the glucan is dissolved in water at a concentration of 2%, methods for the production thereof, medical uses thereof, physical supports having the glucan applied thereto or impregnated thereon and in vitro methods of proliferation of skin cells which comprise contacting a population of skin cells with the glucan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gel composition comprising a glucan and a gelling agent, said composition having a melting point (gel to sol) above 37° C., as well as to the uses of this composition in therapy, in particular in wound healing.