Mga Stem Cell at Regenerative Injection

This is the clinical evidence summary written for health professionals. It is technical, and it lists the research this page was built from. You do not need to read it to understand your treatment or to make a decision about it.

Overview¶

• There is insufficient evidence to recommend stem cell injections in clinical practice at this time [1].
• Stem cell injections should continue to be studied in rigorous trials [1].
• Combining stem cells and biomaterials may offer a viable therapeutic strategy that may overcome the limitations associated with these therapies when they are used in isolation [2].
• Xenogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) per se are not capable of regenerating in vivo [3].
• Whether xenogeneic MSCs can be used as a vehicle to deliver target genes to host tissues remains to be tested [3].
• Critical and clear phenotypic parameters for defining MSCs are uncertain [4].
• A coherent biological framework surrounding the therapeutic mechanism of action is not yet available [4].
• The success of stem cell-based therapies may benefit from cellular engineering approaches to enhance factors such as purification, homing and cell survival, trophic effects, or immunomodulatory signaling [5].
• It is feasible to inject doses of MSCs (>0.1million) in meniscus allograft tissue with active cell proliferation, migration and robust cell survival [6].
• Stem cells have provided tremendous promise for the development of new therapies that can treat, and possibly cure, a variety of musculoskeletal conditions [7].
• Regenerative medicine holds great promise for orthopaedic surgery by developing novel therapies that replace, repair, or promote tissue regeneration [8].
• MSC injections represent a growing area of research in traumatology and orthopaedics [9].
• There are more questions than answers in the field of regenerative medicine [10].
• A simple comparison of cell numbers between adipose-derived cultured stem cells (ASCs) and stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells may not be meaningful because the therapeutic mode of action may be different [11].
• The use of stem cells did not improve the results in relation to nerve regeneration at 90 days [12].
• The findings of a study evaluating adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction or bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells were not significant enough to recommend the use of stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis represented in that model [13].
• More knowledge in terms of the biological properties of MSCs and endothelial progenitor cells is required before using these cells as a routinely applied therapy in the clinical setting [14].
• Long-term assessment revealed repair tissue filled grafted and control lesions at 8 months, with no significant difference between stem cell-treated and control defects [17].
• The authors of a study on mesenchymal stem cell injection for osteochondral lesions of the talus requested the editor to decide whether an erratum is required to change the terminology to 'fat pad–derived cell injection' or similar [20].
• A good relationship was found between clinical outcome and MR findings in patients treated with stem cells injection for scaphoid non-union, despite short follow-up [21].
• The optimal differentiation conditions for transplanted MSCs needs to be further investigated to improve its clinical efficacy [22].
• Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been used in clinical practice in orthopaedics and traumatology in accordance with government health regulations [33].
• The application of MSCs should be guided by the pathophysiology of the target disease and follow regulatory frameworks to ensure safe and effective use [33].

How It Works¶

• Xenogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are not capable of regenerating in vivo [3].
• A coherent biological framework surrounding the therapeutic mechanism of action for MSCs is not yet available [4].
• The success of stem cell-based therapies may benefit from cellular engineering approaches to enhance purification, homing, and cell survival [5].
• Cellular engineering approaches may enhance trophic effects or immunomodulatory signaling in stem cell-based therapies [5].
• Injecting doses of MSCs greater than 0.1 million in meniscus allograft tissue demonstrated active cell proliferation, migration, and robust cell survival [6].
• A simple comparison of cell numbers between adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) and stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells may not be meaningful because the therapeutic mode of action may be different [11].
• In a rat model of facial nerve transection, the use of stem cells did not improve results in relation to nerve regeneration at 90 days [12].
• Findings from a study on stem cell treatment for osteoarthritis were not significant enough to recommend the use of stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis represented in that model [13].
• More knowledge regarding the biological properties of MSCs and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is required before using these cells as a routinely applied therapy in the clinical setting [14].
• The intervention schedule is significantly correlated with the therapeutic efficacy of stem cells for posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) [15].
• The best effects for stem cell treatment of PTOA were observed on days 7 and 14 after anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) [15].
• Cell-based approaches are among the principal interventions in orthobiologics to improve tendon and ligament healing and to combat degenerative processes [16].
• Long-term assessment in an equine model revealed repair tissue filled grafted and control lesions at 8 months, with no significant difference between stem cell-treated and control defects [17].
• Perivascular mesenchymal progenitors have resulted in efficacious bone regeneration across several preclinical models [18].
• Clinical outcomes of administering platelet-rich plasma and mesenchymal stem cells as a combination therapy to promote bone regeneration in vivo have been highlighted [19].
• Stem cells possess the ability to repair and regenerate damaged tissue [23].
• Stem cells serve as a promising therapeutic approach for fibrotic diseases by inhibiting the inflammatory response and secreting favorable cytokines [23].
• Micro-CT measurements showed increased bone healing in the cell-injected group compared to the noninjected group at postoperative day 7 in a model of skeletal injury [24].
• MSC transplantation effectively led to the regeneration of degenerated discs in a canine model [25].
• The structural properties for mesenchymal stem cell-seeded Achilles tendon repairs were typically twice those for the contralateral controls as early as 4 weeks after the procedure [26].
• Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) support a trophic effect on articular chondrocytes (ACs) [27].
• hMSCs may have therapeutic utility even after prolonged passaging [27].
• Intravenous injection of multipotential stem cells neither improved the degeneration status nor preserved disk height in a model of injured intervertebral disk [28].
• Both intravenous and direct injection methods increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) protein and Acan gene expression relative to controls, suggesting possible paracrine effects [28].
• Intra-animal comparisons between repair tissue treated with 1-year-old MSCs and repair tissue treated with 4-year-old MSCs resulted in no significant differences in material properties including maximum stress, modulus, and strain energy density [29].
• Repeated intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) alleviated inflammation and pain in rats with surgically induced osteoarthritis [30].
• Repeated intra-articular injections of PRP and ADSCs promoted tissue repair and modulated immune responses in rats with surgically induced osteoarthritis [30].
• The number of cells transplanted affects the regenerative capability of MSC transplants in experimentally induced degenerating canine discs [34].
• Stromal cell-derived factor-1β (SDF-1b) provides potent synergistic effects supporting bone marrow-derived stem cell (BMSC)-mediated bone formation [35].
• SDF-1b appears a suitable candidate for optimization of bone augmentation in translational protocols [35].
• Gene editing can be used to successfully create smart stem cells capable of producing biologic drugs with antifibrotic capabilities in a controlled and localized manner [36].
• Topical embryonic stem cells enhance wound healing in diabetic rats [37].
• Exosomes offer a promising cell-free alternative to mesenchymal stem cell therapies for upper-extremity tissue regeneration by overcoming limitations such as donor-site morbidity and tumorigenesis [38].
• A better understanding of exosome mechanisms and standardized isolation methods is required before clinical application [38].
• In mice, it became possible to increase the yield of synovial mesenchymal stem cells 50-fold by inducing inflammation [39].

What the Evidence Shows¶

Clinical Efficacy and Safety¶

• Treatment with umbilical cord–derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) was shown to be a viable therapeutic option for knee osteoarthritis combined with synovitis [43].
• UC-MSC treatment showed clinical improvement at the end of follow-up, especially in those with moderate to severe pain [43].
• The superiority of bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) over other orthobiologic treatments cannot be assessed given the conflicting results presently available [41].
• Overall, the findings of a study evaluating adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction or bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells were not significant enough to recommend the use of stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis represented in that model [13].
• At 90 days, the use of stem cells did not improve the results in relation to nerve regeneration in a rat model of facial nerve transection [12].

Preclinical and Mechanistic Findings¶

• Although xenogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) per se are not capable of regenerating in vivo, whether xenogeneic MSCs can be used as a vehicle to deliver target genes to host tissues remains to be tested [3].
• Critical and clear phenotypic parameters for defining MSCs are uncertain and a coherent biological framework surrounding the therapeutic mechanism of action is not yet available [4].
• A study demonstrated the feasibility of injecting doses of MSCs (>0.1million) in meniscus allograft tissue with active cell proliferation, migration and robust cell survival [6].
• The goal of providing basic definitions for clinical colleagues regarding regenerative medicine acknowledges that there are more questions than answers in this field [10].
• The intervention schedule is significantly correlated with the therapeutic efficacy of stem cells for posttraumatic osteoarthritis, with the best effects observed on days 7 and 14 after anterior cruciate ligament transection in a rat model [15].
• The confluence of effects from perivascular mesenchymal progenitors has resulted in efficacious bone regeneration across several preclinical models [18].
• A review highlights clinical outcomes of administering platelet-rich plasma and mesenchymal stem cells as a combination therapy to promote bone regeneration in vivo [19].
• The authors of a study on osteochondral lesions of the talus requested the editor to consider changing the terminology to 'fat pad–derived cell injection' or similar [20].
• Despite short follow-up, a good relationship was found with clinical outcome and MR findings in patients treated with stem cells injection for scaphoid non-union [21].
• The optimal differentiation conditions for transplanted MSCs needs to be further investigated to improve its clinical efficacy in osteonecrosis of the femoral head [22].
• Stem cells possess the ability to repair and regenerate damaged tissue and serve as a promising therapeutic approach for fibrotic diseases by inhibiting the inflammatory response and secreting favorable cytokines [23].
• Contrasting to direct injection, intravenous injection neither improved the degeneration status nor preserved disk height, however, both delivery methods increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) protein and Acan gene expression relative to controls, suggesting possible paracrine effects [28].
• Intra-animal comparisons between repair tissue treated with 1-year old MSCs and repair tissue treated with 4-year old MSCs resulted in no significant differences in material properties including maximum stress, modulus, and strain energy density in rabbit tendon [29].
• Repeated intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) alleviated inflammation and pain, promoted tissue repair, and modulated immune responses in rats with surgically induced osteoarthritis [30].
• The use of undifferentiated MSC for cell-based transplantation therapy for articular cartilage repair is associated with more simplified laboratory processing that would not impose on additional resources and financial burden [31].
• Interventions employing PRP, MSCs and exosomes are considered in the context of degenerative osteoarthritis as a reversible chronic disease [32].
• The TOURNESOL consortium aims to conduct two clinical trials to repair damaged peripheral nerves (facial and limb nerves) using autologous nasal stem cell grafts [42].
• Regenerative rehabilitation seeks to integrate regenerative medicine with rehabilitation medicine to produce better clinical outcomes than the traditional linear approach [44].
• The results showed that the stem cell group generated significantly more new bone at the implant–allograft interface and within the graft than the control group in revision hip replacements [45].
• A study investigated the effect of diabetes mellitus upon allograft incorporation and the augmentation of this process by mesenchymal stem cells [46].
• A pre-clinical study demonstrates a beneficial effect of endogenous MSC mobilization on fracture healing, which may have translation potential to prevent or treat clinical fractures at risk of delayed or non-union fractures [47].
• A review article focuses on the pathways that are followed from the isolation of MSCs, expansion and implantation [50].

Methodological and Reporting Concerns¶

• A study highlights a significant risk of reporting bias in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and clinical trials (CTs) of MSCs for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, with abstracts showing a significantly higher proportion of significant P values compared to main texts [51].
• Spin bias was present in most MSC-related trials for knee osteoarthritis, with a higher frequency among those that utilized adipose-derived MSCs [52].

Practical Considerations¶

• It is feasible to inject doses of MSCs greater than 0.1 million in meniscus allograft tissue [6].
• Meniscus allograft tissue receiving MSC injections demonstrates active cell proliferation, migration and robust cell survival [6].
• A simple comparison of cell numbers between adipose-derived cultured stem cells (ASCs) and noncultured stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells may not be meaningful because the therapeutic mode of action may be different [11].
• The use of stem cells did not improve results in relation to nerve regeneration at 90 days [12].
• More knowledge in terms of the biological properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is required before using these cells as a routinely applied therapy in the clinical setting [14].
• Platelet-rich plasma and mesenchymal stem cells have been administered as a combination therapy to promote bone regeneration in vivo [19].
• The terminology for a specific cell injection study should be changed to 'fat pad–derived cell injection' or similar [20].
• The optimal differentiation conditions for transplanted MSCs need to be further investigated to improve clinical efficacy [22].
• Interventions employing platelet-rich plasma (PRP), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and exosomes are considered in the context of degenerative osteoarthritis as a reversible chronic disease [32].
• Bone marrow-derived stem cells express the pericyte marker 3G5 in culture and show enhanced chondrogenesis in hypoxic conditions [40].
• The nonadherent cell population in bone marrow culture is a complementary source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) [48].
• Collecting nonadherent cells from bone marrow culture is a simple and cost-effective way to increase MSC numbers and reduce the time required for culturing MSCs for clinical applications [48].
• Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and insulin-like growth factor-I gene-enhanced mesenchymal stem cells (AdIGF-MSCs) indicate a benefit for the treatment of tendinitis [49].

Key Evidence¶

• [L1] There is insufficient evidence to recommend stem cell injections in clinical practice at this time, but they should continue to be studied in rigorous trials. [1] (10.1097/corr.0000000000003593)
• [L5] Combining stem cells and biomaterials may offer a viable therapeutic strategy that may overcome the limitations associated with these therapies when they are used in isolation. [2] (10.1002/jor.24212)
• [Paper] Although xenogeneic MSCs per se are not capable of regenerating in vivo, whether xenogeneic MSCs can be used as a vehicle to deliver target genes to host tissues remains to be tested. [3] (10.1002/jor.20385)
• [Paper] The success of stem cell‐based therapies may benefit from cellular engineering approaches to enhance factors such as purification, homing and cell survival, trophic effects, or immunomodulatory signaling. [5] (10.1002/jor.24304)
• [Paper] The study demonstrated the feasibility of injecting doses of MSCs (>0.1million) in meniscus allograft tissue with active cell proliferation, migration and robust cell survival. [6] (10.1002/jor.25074)
• [Paper] Stem cells have provided tremendous promise for the development of new therapies that can treat, and possibly cure, a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. [7] (10.1002/jor.24338)
• [L5] Regenerative medicine holds great promise for orthopaedic surgery by developing novel therapies that replace, repair, or promote tissue regeneration. [8] (10.1002/jor.20432)
• [L2] MSC injections represent a growing area of research in traumatology and orthopaedics. [9] (10.1186/s12891-025-09123-8)
• [L5] The goal was to provide basic definitions for clinical colleagues regarding regenerative medicine, acknowledging that there are more questions than answers in this field. [10] (10.1177/03635465211042635)
• [L5] They argue that a simple comparison of cell numbers between ASCs and SVF cells may not be meaningful because the therapeutic mode of action may be different. [11] (10.1177/0363546519895242)
• [Paper] At 90 days, it was observed that the use of stem cells did not improve the results in relation to nerve regeneration. [12] (10.1016/j.hansur.2018.10.214)
• [Paper] Overall, the findings of this study were not significant enough to recommend the use of stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis represented in this model. [13] (10.1002/jor.20933)
• [L5] Even though MSCs and EPCs constitute a powerful candidate cell type for regenerative medicine, more knowledge in terms of their biological properties is required before using these cells as a routinely applied therapy in the clinical setting. [14] (10.1016/s0020-1383(08)70012-3)
• [L5] The intervention schedule is significantly correlated with the therapeutic efficacy of stem cells for PTOA, with the best effects observed on days 7 and 14 after ACLT. [15] (10.1177/03635465251326499)
• [L5] Cell-based approaches are among the principal interventions in orthobiologics to improve tendon and ligament healing and to combat degenerative processes. [16] (10.1097/bte.0000000000000132)
• [Paper] Long-term assessment revealed repair tissue filled grafted and control lesions at 8 months, with no significant difference between stem cell-treated and control defects. [17] (10.1002/jor.20382)
• [Paper] The confluence of these effects have resulted in efficacious bone regeneration across several preclinical models. [18] (10.1002/jor.24284)
• [L5] The paper highlights clinical outcomes of administering platelet-rich plasma and mesenchymal stem cells as a combination therapy to promote bone regeneration in vivo. [19] (10.1002/jor.24786)
• [L5] The authors request the editor to consider their response and decide whether an erratum is required to change the terminology to 'fat pad–derived cell injection' or similar. [20] (10.1177/0363546514536691)
• [L4] Despite the short follow-up we have found a good relationship with clinical outcome and MR findings in the patients treated with stem cells injection. [21] (10.1016/j.main.2011.10.091)
• [Paper] The optimal differentiation conditions for transplanted MSCs needs to be further investigated to improve its clinical efficacy. [22] (10.1002/jor.20759)
• [L5] Stem cells possess the ability to repair and regenerate damaged tissue and serve as a promising therapeutic approach for fibrotic diseases by inhibiting the inflammatory response and secreting favorable cytokines. [23] (10.1002/jor.24266)
• [Paper] Micro-CT measurements showed increased bone healing in the cell-injected group compared to the noninjected group at postoperative day 7. [24] (10.1002/jor.20736)
• [Paper] MSC transplantation effectively led to the regeneration of degenerated discs. [25] (10.1002/jor.20584)
• [L5] The structural properties for the mesenchymal stem cell-seeded repairs were typically twice those for the contralateral controls as early as 4 weeks after the procedure. [26] (10.1002/jor.1100160403)
• [L5] This supports a trophic effect of hMSCs on ACs. hMSCs may have therapeutic utility even after prolonged passaging. [27] (10.1002/jor.22466)
• [L3] Contrasting to direct injection, intravenous injection neither improved the degeneration status, nor preserve disk height, however, both delivery methods increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) protein and Acan gene expression relative to controls, suggesting possible paracrine effects. [28] (10.1002/jor.22605)
• [Paper] Intra-animal comparisons between repair tissue treated with 1-year old MSCs and repair tissue treated with 4-year old MSCs resulted in no significant differences in material properties including maximum stress, modulus, and strain energy density. [29] (10.1016/j.orthres.2004.06.017)
• [L5] Repeated intra-articular injections of PRP and ADSCs alleviated inflammation and pain, promoted tissue repair, and modulated immune responses in rats with surgically induced OA. [30] (10.1186/s13018-024-05396-2)
• [L3] This has a clinical implication on wider use of the undifferentiated MSC for cell-based transplantation therapy for articular cartilage repair, as this option is associated with more simplified laboratory processing that would not impose on additional resources and financial burden. [31] (10.1002/jor.21413)
• [L5] Interventions employing PRP, MSCs and exosomes are considered in this article. [32] (10.1016/j.reth.2020.07.007)
• [L5] Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been used in clinical practice in orthopaedics and traumatology in accordance with government health regulations, but their application should be guided by the pathophysiology of the target disease and follow regulatory frameworks to ensure safe and effective use. [33] (10.1530/eor-2026-0056)
• [Paper] The results of this study demonstrate that the number of cells transplanted affects the regenerative capability of MSC transplants in experimentally induced degenerating canine discs. [34] (10.1002/jor.21147)
• [Paper] SDF-1b provides potent synergistic effects supporting BMSC-mediated bone formation and appears a suitable candidate for optimization of bone augmentation in translational protocols. [35] (10.1002/jor.22749)
• [L5] Our results show that gene editing can be used to successfully create smart stem cells capable of producing biologic drugs with antifibrotic capabilities in a controlled and localized manner. [36] (10.1002/jor.25311)
• [Paper] The study demonstrates that topical embryonic stem cells enhance wound healing in diabetic rats. [37] (10.1002/jor.21385)
• [L5] Exosomes offer a promising cell-free alternative to mesenchymal stem cell therapies for upper-extremity tissue regeneration by overcoming limitations such as donor-site morbidity and tumorigenesis, though a better understanding of their mechanisms and standardized isolation methods is required before clinical application. [38] (10.1016/j.jhsa.2023.11.016)
• [Paper] In mice, it became possible to increase the yield 50-fold by inducing inflammation, which makes it possible to analyze the molecular mechanisms of cartilage regeneration of synovial mesenchymal stem cells in mouse models. [39] (10.1002/jor.22753)
• [L5] This has important implications for tissue engineering applications of bone marrow-derived stem cells. [40] (10.1002/jor.21043)
• [L2] However, the superiority of BMAC over other orthobiologic treatments cannot be assessed given the conflicting results presently available. [41] (10.1186/s13018-025-06509-1)
• [Paper] The TOURNESOL consortium aims to conduct two clinical trials to repair damaged peripheral nerves (facial and limb nerves) using autologous nasal stem cell grafts. [42] (10.1016/j.hansur.2018.10.096)
• [L1] Treatment with UC-MSCs was shown to be a viable therapeutic option for KOA combined with synovitis, showing clinical improvement at the end of follow-up, especially in those with moderate to severe pain. [43] (10.1186/s12891-025-09440-y)
• [L5] Regenerative rehabilitation seeks to integrate regenerative medicine with rehabilitation medicine to produce better clinical outcomes than the traditional linear approach. [44] (10.1002/jor.24205)
• [Paper] The results showed that the stem cell group generated significantly more new bone at the implant–allograft interface and within the graft than the control group. [45] (10.1002/jor.20598)
• [Paper] The study investigated the effect of diabetes mellitus upon allograft incorporation and the augmentation of this process by mesenchymal stem cells. [46] (10.1002/jor.21065)
• [Paper] This pre-clinical study demonstrates a beneficial effect of endogenous MSC mobilization on fracture healing, which may have translation potential to prevent or treat clinical fractures at risk of delayed or non-union fractures. [47] (10.1002/jor.24164)
• [L4] The findings confirmed that the nonadherent cell population in the bone marrow culture is a complementary source of MSCs, and collecting these cells is a simple and cost-effective way to increase MSCs numbers and reduce the time required for culturing MSCs for clinical applications. [48] (10.1002/jor.20023)
• [Paper] These findings indicate a benefit to the use of MSCs and AdIGF-MSCs for the treatment of tendinitis. [49] (10.1002/jor.20887)
• [L5] This review article focuses on the pathways that are followed from the isolation of MSCs, expansion and implantation. [50] (10.1016/s0020-1383(08)70006-8)
• [L2] The study highlights a significant risk of reporting bias in RCTs and CTs of MSCs for the treatment of knee OA, with abstracts showing a significantly higher proportion of significant P values compared to main texts. [51] (10.1177/23259671251374306)
• [L2] Spin bias was present in most MSC-related trials for knee osteoarthritis, with a higher frequency among those that utilized adipose-derived MSCs. [52] (10.1177/03635465241274155)

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[21] Scaphoid non-union treatment with corticocancellous bone graft and stem cells from bone marrow. Chirurgie de la Main. 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.main.2011.10.091

[22] Fate of mesenchymal stem cells transplanted to osteonecrosis of femoral head. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2009. DOI: 10.1002/jor.20759

[23] Prospective application of stem cells to prevent post‐operative skeletal fibrosis. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2019. DOI: 10.1002/jor.24266

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[34] Effect of cell number on mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in a canine disc degeneration model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2010. DOI: 10.1002/jor.21147

[35] Mesenchymal stem cell expression of stromal cell‐derived factor‐1β augments bone formation in a model of local regenerative therapy. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2014. DOI: 10.1002/jor.22749

[36] In vitro analysis of genome‐engineered muscle‐derived stem cells for autoregulated anti‐inflammatory and antifibrotic activity. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2022. DOI: 10.1002/jor.25311

[37] Topical embryonic stem cells enhance wound healing in diabetic rats. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2011. DOI: 10.1002/jor.21385

[38] The Role of Exosomes in Upper-Extremity Tissue Regeneration. The Journal of Hand Surgery. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2023.11.016

[39] Mouse synovial mesenchymal stem cells increase in yield with knee inflammation. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2014. DOI: 10.1002/jor.22753

[40] Bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells express the pericyte marker 3G5 in culture and show enhanced chondrogenesis in hypoxic conditions. Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2010. DOI: 10.1002/jor.21043

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