Macrophage sub-populations and the lipoxin A4 receptor implicate active inflammation during equine tendon repair.

Macrophages (Mφ) orchestrate inflammatory and reparatory processes in injured connective tissues but their role during different phases of tendon healing is not known. We investigated the contribution of different Mφ subsets in an equine model of naturally occurring tendon injury. Post mortem tissue...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stephanie Georgina Dakin, Dirk Werling, Andrew Hibbert, Dilkush Robert Ephrem Abayasekara, Natalie Jayne Young, Roger Kenneth Whealands Smith, Jayesh Dudhia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0032333&type=printable
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!