Fibroblast growth factor-2 improves the tendon-to-bone healing by stimulating the growth of tenogenic progenitors in a rat rotator cuff repair model

• Takuya Tokunaga,
• Yuji Hiraki,
• Chiesa Shukunami,
• Hitoshi Arimura,
• Ryuji Yonemitsu,
• Junji Ide,
• Hiroshi Mizuta

Affiliations

Takuya Tokunaga

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Yuji Hiraki

Department of Cellular Differentiation, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Chiesa Shukunami

Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Division of Basic Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hitoshi Arimura

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Ryuji Yonemitsu

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Junji Ide

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Hiroshi Mizuta

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan