Research Article

Study of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal and Tendon-Derived Stem Cells Transplantation on the Regenerating Effect of Achilles Tendon Ruptures in Rats

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The analysis of tendon-related ECM expression. (a) Rat-specific gene expression analysis of tendon-related ECM genes: collagen I and collagen III. The gene transcript levels were relative to GAPDH and normalized to nontreated group. means compared with the control group, # means compared with BMSCs group were considered significant (data represents mean ± SD, ). (b) Tenascin-C immunofluorescent testing in the injured Achilles tendon. (c) Cell tracking of TDSCs and BMSCs after transplant at 4 weeks: the nuclei were stained by DAPI (blue spots); the CM-Dil was red spots. Bar: 200 μm.
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