Erythropoietin stimulates patellar tendon healing in rats
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2015
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Elsevier Science Bv
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
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Backround: Erythropoietin (EPO), regulating erythropoiesis, is used to provide protective and regenerative activity in non-haematopoietic tissues. There is insufficient knowledge about the role of EPO activity in tendon healing. Therefore, we investigated the effect of EPO treatment on healing in rat patellar tendons. Methods: One hundred and twenty-six, four-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to three experimental groups: 1, no treatment; 2, treatment with isotonic saline (NaCl) and 3, treatment with EPO. Each group was randomly subdivided into two groups for sacrifice at three (1a, 2a, 3a) or six weeks (1b, 2b, 3b). Complete incision of the left patellar tendon from the distal patellar pole was performed. We applied body casts for 20 days after the incised edges of the patellar tendon were brought together with a surgical technique. Both legs were harvested and specimens from each group underwent histological, biomechanical, and protein mRNA expression analyses. Results: There were statistically significant differences in the ultimate breaking force between the EPO group and others at both weeks three and six (p<0.05); significant differences in fibroblast proliferation, capillary vessel formation, and local inflammation were found between groups 1 a and 3a, and 2a and 3a (p<0.05). There were statistical differences between la, 3a and 2a, 3a for Col III, TGF-beta 1, and VEGF and between 1b, 3b and 2b, 3b for Col I, Col III, TGF-beta 1, and VEGF mRNA expressions. Conclusion: EPO had an additive effect with surgery on the injured tendon healing process in rats compared to the control groups biomechanically, histopathologically and with tissue protein mRNA expression. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Rat, Erythropoietin, Tendon Healing, Patellar Tendon Injury
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Knee
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Q2
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Q2
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22
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6