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SUBMITTER: Leone L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4872723 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leone Laura L Raffa Salvatore S Vetrano Mario M Ranieri Danilo D Malisan Florence F Scrofani Cristina C Vulpiani Maria Chiara MC Ferretti Andrea A Torrisi Maria Rosaria MR Visco Vincenzo V
Oncotarget 20160201 6
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a non-invasive and innovative technology for the management of specific tendinopathies. In order to elucidate the ESWT-mediated clinical benefits, human Tendon-derived Stem/Progenitor cells (hTSPCs) explanted from 5 healthy semitendinosus (ST) and 5 ruptured Achilles (AT) tendons were established. While hTSPCs from the two groups showed similar proliferation rates and stem cell surface marker profiles, we found that the clonogenic potential was maintai ...[more]