Tendon Tissue Repair in Prospective of Drug Delivery, Regenerative Medicines, and Innovative Bioscaffolds

Figure 5

(a) Metabolic activity of seeded human adipose stem cells (hASCs) and human tendon-derived cells (hTDCs) between 1 and 28 days, (b) frequency plot of actin filament alignment at 21 days between hASCs and hTDCs, (c) nuclei aspect ratio of hASCs and hTDCs, (d) SEM image 3D scaffold seeded with hTDCs showed complete covering of ECM, (e) SEM image 3D scaffold seeded with hASCs showed covering of ECM, and (f) SEM image of bovine posterior ligament. Reproduced with permission from reference [74].

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