. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 19.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2018 Nov 28;107(6):1864–1876. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34279

TABLE II.

Qualitative IHC Assessment

		Scaffold alone		Cell-seeded scaffold
	Direct repair	Inside	Outside	Inside	Outside	Native tendon
Collagen I	2/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	2/2
Collagen III	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	3/3	0/2
Tenomodulin	0/3	2/3	3/3	1/3	3/3	2/2
Procollagen I	0/3	3/3	2/3	3/3	2/3	0/2

Slides from three specimens in each of the experimental groups were assessed in a binary fashion (positive = 1, negative = 0). “Inside” refers to tissue and cells within the continuum of the scaffold structure and “outside” is in reference to the fibrous tissue immediately beyond the continuum of the scaffolds.