Regenerative therapies for equine degenerative joint disease: a preliminary study.

Degenerative joint disease (DJD) is a major cause of reduced athletic function and retirement in equine performers. For this reason, regenerative therapies for DJD have gained increasing interest. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were isolated from a 6-year-old donor hors...

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Main Authors: Sarah Broeckx, Marieke Zimmerman, Sara Crocetti, Marc Suls, Tom Mariën, Stephen J Ferguson, Koen Chiers, Luc Duchateau, Alfredo Franco-Obregón, Karin Wuertz, Jan H Spaas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3896436?pdf=render