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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 831873, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/831873
Research Article

In Vivo Study of Ligament-Bone Healing after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Autologous Tendons with Mesenchymal Stem Cells Affinity Peptide Conjugated Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffold

Jingxian Zhu,1,2 Xin Zhang,2 Zhenxing Shao,2 Linghui Dai,1 La Li,2 Xiaoqing Hu,2 Xiaokun Wang,3 Chunyan Zhou,1 and Yingfang Ao2

1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China
2Institute of Sports Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China
3Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China

Received 22 July 2013; Revised 23 September 2013; Accepted 2 October 2013

Academic Editor: Patricia Murray

Copyright © 2013 Jingxian Zhu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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