Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy

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Autor principal: Smith, Roger K.W.
Formato: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicado: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/13280
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spelling VETERINARIA132802021-11-26T05:13:34Z Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy Terapias con células madre para la tendinopatía equina Smith, Roger K.W. Tendons can be injured through over-strain at a number of different sites. When injured outside a synovial cavity (extra-thecal), injuries frequently repair by fibrosis, but this tissue is functionally deficient compared to normal tendon. Stem cells offer the prospect of improving this repair to restore function and enable a successful restoration of activity while minimizing the risk of re-injury. Naturally occurring equine Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon (SDFT) overstrain injuries usually have a contained lesion, thereby enabling simple intra-tendinous injection and, by the time of stem cell implantation, is filled with granulation tissue which acts as a vascularized scaffold. An anabolic drive is provided by mechanical loading of the tendon and the suspension of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in bone marrow supernatant, which we have shown to have significant anabolic effects in vitro. To test the hypothesis that stem cells will enhance tendon healing, a controlled experimental study of naturally occurring SDFT injuries (n=12) has been performed (Smith et al. 2013). MSC treatment appeared to ‘normalize’ the tissue parameters so that they were closer to the contralateral, relatively normal, and untreated tendons than saline-injected controls, in spite of labelling experiments showing the majority of cells being lost within 24 hours (Becerra et al. 2013; Sole et al. 2013). A second adequately powered and independently analyzed study evaluated the clinical outcome of naturally occurring SDFT injuries treated using this technique (n=113), which showed a significantly reduced re-injury rate (Godwin et al. 2012). Intrasynovial (intra-thecal) tendon tears usually communicate with the synovial cavity where the synovial environment is particularly challenging for successful repair. However, MSCs administered intra-synovially failed to improve healing in either equine (naturally occurring) and ovine (induced) deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT) tears (Khan et al. 2018). Labelling of the implanted cells showed them to lodge within the synovium with no cells present in the tendon defect. Scaffolds are likely to offer better advantages for enhancing repair of intra-thecal tendon tears. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2019-12-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text Documentos application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/13280 10.15359/rcv.37-3.6 Ciencias Veterinarias; Vol 37 No 3 (2019): Suplement: First Symposium on Regenerative Medicine and Nanotechnology; 20-21 Ciencias Veterinarias; Vol. 37 Núm. 3 (2019): Suplemento: Simposio de Medicina Regenerativa y Nanotecnología; 20-21 2215-4507 0250-5649 eng https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/13280/18618 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/13280/18676 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/13280/18690 Copyright (c) 2019 Revista Ciencias Veterinarias https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cr/
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Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy
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title Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy
title_short Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy
title_full Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy
title_fullStr Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy
title_full_unstemmed Stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy
title_sort stem cell therapies for equine tendinopathy
title_alt Terapias con células madre para la tendinopatía equina
publisher Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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