Uniaxial Cyclic Tensile Stretching at 8% Strain Exclusively Promotes Tenogenic Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

• Main Authors: Hui Yin Nam (Author), Belinda Pingguan-Murphy (Author), Azlina Amir Abbas (Author), Azhar Mahmood Merican (Author), Tunku Kamarul (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The present study was conducted to establish the amount of mechanical strain (uniaxial cyclic stretching) required to provide optimal tenogenic differentiation expression in human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) in vitro, in view of its potential application for tendon maintenance and regeneration...