Evaluation of tendon regeneration. (A) Immunohistochemical staining of collagen I; (B–D) tendon-related gene expression of regenerative tissue at 1 and 3 M; (E) representative TEM images and distribution of regenerative tendon tissue. Significant difference compared with the defect (*), autograft (+), and NS (#) groups, P < 0.05; Significant difference compared with the NS (**), CNS1 (++), and CNS2 (##) groups, P < 0.01; 1 M, 1 month; 3 M, 3 months; CNS, crimped nanofiber scaffold; NS, nanofiber scaffold; TEM, transmission electron microscopy; Tnmd, tenomodulin.