Use of autologous growth factors in aging tendon and chronic tendinopathy

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 5 E, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 911-921

  Nourissat, Geoffroy ^a,b,c   Houard, Xavier ^a   Sellam, Jeremie ^a,d   Duprez, Delphine ^e   Berenbaum, Francis ^a,d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Clinique Maussins Nollet   (France)

^c Health for Health Foundation   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^e CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

Aging tendon; Chronic tendinopathy; Growth factors; Platelet rich plasma; Review

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE A; GLUTAMIC ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SOMATOMEDIN C; STROMELYSIN; STROMELYSIN 2; SUBSTANCE P; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL AGING; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENERGY YIELD; EXERCISE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATELLA TENDON; PHENOTYPE; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON LESION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

EID: 84884339463     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e670     Document Type: Article

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