Fig. 3From: Boosting tendon repair: interplay of cells, growth factors and scaffold-free and gel-based carriersCartoon of the procedure to form tendon-like cell sheet. a MSCs are plated in cell culture dish; b Cell monolayers are formed; c and d The monolayer is scraped out from dish surface and rolled up into a cell sheet; e and f The three-dimensional cell sheet is cultivated under static tension and let to mature prior transplantation in vivoBack to article page