Platelet rich concentrate enhances mesenchymal stem cells capacity to repair focal cartilage injury in rabbits

• Main Authors: Samuel, Shani, Raja Ahmad, Raja Elina Afzan, Ramasamy, Thamil Selvee, Manan, Faizal, Kamarul, Tunku
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20782/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2018.02.020
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: It has been previously suggested that the use of regenerative promoters, which include bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) or natural growth factors supplement such as platelet-rich concentrate (PRC) could promote cartilage regeneration. However, the notion that the concurr...