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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.629515
Keywords
tenocytes; TDSCs; identification; biomarkers; tenogenesis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81922045]
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The discovery of tendon-derived stem cells offers a new perspective for treating tendon injuries, but the lack of specific markers poses obstacles in in vitro studies. This review summarizes and compares the characteristics of tenocytes and TDSCs, and suggests a potential marker selection for identification in the future. Further exploration of biomarker mechanisms in vivo and the discovery of more specific markers are of profound significance.
Restoring the normal structure and function of injured tendons is one of the biggest challenges in orthopedics and sports medicine department. The discovery of tendon-derived stem cells (TDSCs) provides a novel perspective to treat tendon injuries, which is expected to be an ideal seed cell to promote tendon repair and regeneration. Because of the lack of specific markers, the identification of tenocytes and TDSCs has not been conclusive in the in vitro study of tendons. In addition, the morphology of tendon derived cells is similar, and the comparison and identification of tenocytes and TDSCs are insufficient, which causes some obstacles to the in vitro study of tendon. In this review, the characteristics of tenocytes and TDSCs are summarized and compared based on some existing research results (mainly in terms of biomarkers), and a potential marker selection for identification is suggested. It is of profound significance to further explore the mechanism of biomarkers in vivo and to find more specific markers.
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