Beneficial Effects of Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Naturally Occurring Tendinopathy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Roger Kenneth Whealands ^a   Werling, Natalie Jayne ^b   Dakin, Stephanie Georgina ^a   Alam, Rafiqul ^a   Goodship, Allen E ^c   Dudhia, Jayesh ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; DNA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADIPOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ELASTICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; SUPERNATANT; TENDINITIS; TENDON STIFFNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84884537375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075697     Document Type: Article

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