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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, METHODS, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Analysis of Variance, Animals, Blood Platelets, Blotting, Western, Collagen, Disease Models, Animal, GTP-Binding Proteins, Gene Expression, Humans, Nuclear Proteins, Rabbits, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Tendon Injuries, Tendons.
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Does platelet-rich plasma releasate promote differentiation of tendon stem cells into active tenocytes? Context: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used to enhance tendon healing in clinical settings. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying PRP treatment of injured tendons remain unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of PRP, in the form of PRP-clot releasate (PRCR), on tendon stem cells (TSCs), a newly discovered cell population in tendons. The PRCR treatment promotes differentiation of TSCs into tenocytes that are activated to proliferate quickly and increase collagen production. Controlled laboratory study. After PRCR treatment, cell morphology, expression of stem/progenitor cell marker nucleostemin, and population doubling time were examined. In addition, gene and protein analyses were performed using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, immunocytochemistry, and Western blot to characterize the type of cells that had differentiated after PRCR treatment. The TSCs without PRCR treatment were small and exhibited an irregular shape, whereas with increasing PRCR dosage, TSCs became large, well spread, and highly elongated with downregulation of nucleostemin expression. The PRCR treatment also markedly enhanced TSC proliferation, tenocyte-related gene and protein expression, and total collagen production, all of which indicated that PRCR treatment induced differentiation of TSCs into activated tenocytes.
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The PRCR treatment promotes differentiation of TSCs into active tenocytes exhibiting high proliferation rates and collagen production capability. Final Decision: yes