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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies
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-compet...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6627139/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31248196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20123002 |
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author | Costa-Almeida, Raquel Calejo, Isabel Gomes, Manuela E. |
author_facet | Costa-Almeida, Raquel Calejo, Isabel Gomes, Manuela E. |
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description | 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 sources, like bone marrow (BM-MSCs) or adipose tissue (ASCs), have been receiving increasing attention over the years toward enhancing tendon healing. Evidences from in vitro and in vivo studies suggest MSCs can contribute to accelerate and improve the quality of tendon healing. Nonetheless, the exact mechanisms underlying these repair events are yet to be fully elucidated. This review provides an overview of the main challenges in the field of cell-based regenerative therapies, discussing the role of MSCs in boosting tendon regeneration, particularly through their capacity to enhance the tenogenic properties of tendon resident cells. |
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spelling | pubmed-66271392019-07-19 Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies Costa-Almeida, Raquel Calejo, Isabel Gomes, Manuela E. Int J Mol Sci Review 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 sources, like bone marrow (BM-MSCs) or adipose tissue (ASCs), have been receiving increasing attention over the years toward enhancing tendon healing. Evidences from in vitro and in vivo studies suggest MSCs can contribute to accelerate and improve the quality of tendon healing. Nonetheless, the exact mechanisms underlying these repair events are yet to be fully elucidated. This review provides an overview of the main challenges in the field of cell-based regenerative therapies, discussing the role of MSCs in boosting tendon regeneration, particularly through their capacity to enhance the tenogenic properties of tendon resident cells. MDPI 2019-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6627139/ /pubmed/31248196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20123002 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Costa-Almeida, Raquel Calejo, Isabel Gomes, Manuela E. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies |
title | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies |
title_full | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies |
title_fullStr | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies |
title_full_unstemmed | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies |
title_short | Mesenchymal Stem Cells Empowering Tendon Regenerative Therapies |
title_sort | mesenchymal stem cells empowering tendon regenerative therapies |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6627139/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31248196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20123002 |
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