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. 2018 Jul 23;8:11078. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29474-8

Figure 5.

Figure 5

The impact of CTGF/CTGF+ASC treatment on CD146+ tendon progenitor/stem cell expression. (a) Changes in relative abundance of CD146 gene MCAM in flexor tendons 14 days after repair and indicated treatments. ^P < 0.05 compared to paired uninjured tendons by paired t-tests. (b) Annotated coronal section of a repaired flexor tendon indicating locations of regions of interest. (c) Representative images and quantifications of CD146 staining at the indicated regions of interest in flexor tendons from three repair groups. The sections are ~250 µm from the volar surface of the tendons. *P < 0.05, by Student-Newman-Keuls post-hoc tests.