Fig. 2
From: The effect of mesenchymal stromal cell sheets on the inflammatory stage of flexor tendon healing
Application of an ASC sheet in tendon repair. a, b Representative photographs showing the process of applying a an ASC sheet and b HA to a sutured FDP tendon. c Representative photograph showing a FDP tendon 7Â days after ASC sheet repair. d Representative fluorescent image of a whole-mount FDP tendon repaired with a GFP-expressing ASC sheet. e, f Representative fluorescent image of a longitudinal section of a FDP tendon repaired with a GFP-expressing ASC sheet. f Enlarged image of the boxed region in e. Arrows, site of tendon repair; open arrowheads, GFP-expressing cells in the tendon substance