The tissue engineering research on synovialization of non-synovial membrane tendon
Zhang, Z.; Liu, Z.; Zhong, S.; Mi, J.; Li, Z.
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 18(1): 1-4
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-5515 PMID: 11332085 Document Number: 531648
The synovial membrane tissue within the flexor digital tendon sheath of the rabbit's toes was cultured in vitro. The synovial cells suspension of the subculture was cultured with the segments of the non-synovial membrane tendon of the rabbit's toes. Under the light microscopy, scanning electronic microscopy and immunohistochemical examination, the result showed that the synovial cells crawled and covered the surface of the segments of the non-synovial membrane tendons. It is suggested that the non-synovial membrane tendon could transform into a synovial membrane tendon.