Abstract:Background: The prevalence of tendinopathy has risen dramatically over the last few decades and has become a common and serious orthopedic problem in sports injury and elderly populations. Immune cells have been shown to be associated with tendinopathy, with the percentage of Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells (ILC3s) having been shown to be upregulated in tendon tissue compared with peripheral blood. Materials and Methods: We used flow cytometry to investigate the percentage of circulating ILC3s in patients with t… Show more
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