Table 1 Biochemical parameters of SDFTs treated with AT-MSCs suspended in autologous inactivated serum (AT-MSC-serum) and autologous inactivated serum alone (serum) and macroscopically normal tendon tissue (normal) from the same tendons 22 weeks after treatment

DNA (μg/mg dwt)

3.91 ± 0.96^a

4.24 ± 1.31^a

1.99 ± 0.30^b

GAG (μg/mg dwt)

21.38 ± 11.44^a

26.80 ± 10.26^a

6.47 ± 1.16^b

Hyp (mg/mg dwt)

0.067 ± 0.001^a

0.062 ± 0.012^a

0.083 ± 0.009^b

Total collagen (mg/mg dwt)

0.510 ± 0.076^a

0.469 ± 0.093^a

0.635 ± 0.071^b

HP (mol/mol col)

0.196 ± 0.025^ab

0.184 ± 0.026^b

0.238 ± 0.040^a

LP (mol/mol col)

0.016 ± 0.005^a

0.017 ± 0.007^a

0.013 ± 0.005^a

HLys (mol/mol col)

6.90 ± 1.76^a

7.39 ± 2.37^a

7.38 ± 1.96^a