PMID- 26843618 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161223 LR - 20220310 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Feb 9 TI - Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment (ESWT) enhances the in vitro-induced differentiation of human tendon-derived stem/progenitor cells (hTSPCs). PG - 6410-23 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.7064 [doi] AB - Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a non-invasive and innovative technology for the management of specific tendinopathies. In order to elucidate the ESWT-mediated clinical benefits, human Tendon-derived Stem/Progenitor cells (hTSPCs) explanted from 5 healthy semitendinosus (ST) and 5 ruptured Achilles (AT) tendons were established. While hTSPCs from the two groups showed similar proliferation rates and stem cell surface marker profiles, we found that the clonogenic potential was maintained only in cells derived from healthy donors. Interestingly, ESWT significantly accelerated hTSPCs differentiation, suggesting that the clinical benefits of ESWT may be ascribed to increased efficiency of tendon repair after injury. FAU - Leone, Laura AU - Leone L AD - Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. FAU - Raffa, Salvatore AU - Raffa S AD - Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. AD - Cellular Diagnostics Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy. FAU - Vetrano, Mario AU - Vetrano M AD - Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. FAU - Ranieri, Danilo AU - Ranieri D AD - Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. FAU - Malisan, Florence AU - Malisan F AD - Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Laboratory of Signal Transduction, "Tor Vergata" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. FAU - Scrofani, Cristina AU - Scrofani C AD - Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. FAU - Vulpiani, Maria Chiara AU - Vulpiani MC AD - Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. FAU - Ferretti, Andrea AU - Ferretti A AD - Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. FAU - Torrisi, Maria Rosaria AU - Torrisi MR AD - Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. AD - Cellular Diagnostics Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy. FAU - Visco, Vincenzo AU - Visco V AD - Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. AD - Cellular Diagnostics Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 SB - IM MH - Adipogenesis/radiation effects MH - Cell Differentiation/*physiology/radiation effects MH - Cell Proliferation/*physiology/radiation effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - *High-Energy Shock Waves MH - Humans MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Osteogenesis/radiation effects MH - Stem Cells/*cytology/physiology/radiation effects MH - Tendon Injuries/*pathology/radiotherapy MH - Tendons/*cytology/physiology/radiation effects PMC - PMC4872723 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ESWT OT - Pathology Section OT - differentiation OT - healing OT - stem cells OT - tendon COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests. EDAT- 2016/02/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/24 06:00 PMCR- 2016/02/09 CRDT- 2016/02/05 06:00 PHST- 2015/08/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/01/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/02/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/02/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/02/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 7064 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.7064 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2016 Feb 9;7(6):6410-23. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.7064.