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SUBMITTER: Costa-Almeida R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6627139 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Costa-Almeida Raquel R Calejo Isabel I Gomes Manuela E ME
International journal of molecular sciences 20190619 12
Tendon tissues have limited healing capacity. The incidence of tendon injuries and the unsatisfactory functional outcomes of tendon repair are driving the search for alternative therapeutic approaches envisioning tendon regeneration. Cellular therapies aim at delivering adequate, regeneration-competent cell types to the injured tendon and toward ultimately promoting its reconstruction and recovery of functionality. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) either obtained from tendons or from non-tendon sou ...[more]