Fig. 4
From: Effect of platelet mediator concentrate (PMC) on Achilles tenocytes: an in vitro study
Gene expression of SCX, COL1 and TNMD after PMC treatment. Only the addition of 1 % PMC to the tenocyte culture medium showed significantly increased gene expression of the tenocyte specific markers SCX, COL1 and TNMD as compared to 5 and 10 % PMC supplementation (SCX: 3.33 ± 0.48 compared to 1.76 ± 0.16 and 2.65 ± 0.90, respectively n = 5; COL1: 12.7 ± 6.55 compared to 8.37 ± 3.75 and 0.94 ± 0.22, respectively, n ≥ 6 , TNMD: 2.7 ± 0.87 compared to 0.86 ± 0.19 and 0.63 ± 0.08, respectively, n ≥ 4, p ≤ 0.05)