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            Figure 4. The migration of L929 cells under conditioned extraction of hydrogels in the wound healing assay. (A) Photographs of L929 cells at 0, 6, 12, and
            24 h after wound healing. (B) The quantification of migrating fibroblasts. Data are means ± SD; n = 3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ****p < 0.0001.

            point after the operation, the wound areas in the hydrogel   wound healing time. In addition,  Figure 6C and  D
            groups were much smaller than those in the CON     shows that even without NPs, PH-0 is advantageous for
            group. The simulation diagram (Figure 6C) and data   wound healing. Furthermore, the rate of wound healing,
            statistics (Figure 6D) show the same trend. Meanwhile,   which is significantly affected by bacterial infection, was
            the hydrogels showed better healing results compared   significantly increased as the antimicrobial properties of
            to the CON group and could significantly reduce the   the material improved, indicating that the antimicrobial

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