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An experimental study of muscular injury repair in a mouse model of notexin-induced lesion with EPI® technique

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2015
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Title
An experimental study of muscular injury repair in a mouse model of notexin-induced lesion with EPI® technique
Published in
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13102-015-0002-0
Pubmed ID
25897404
Authors

Ferran Abat, Soraya-L Valles, Pablo-Eduardo Gelber, Fernando Polidori, Adrian Jorda, Sergio García-Herreros, Joan-Carles Monllau, Jose-Manuel Sanchez-Ibáñez

Abstract

The mechanisms of muscle injury repair after EPI® technique, a treatment based on electrical stimulation, have not been described. This study determines whether EPI® therapy could improve muscle damage. Twenty-four rats were divided into a control group, Notexin group (7 and 14 days) and a Notexin + EPI group. To induce muscle injury, Notexin was injected in the quadriceps of the left extremity of rats. Pro-inflammatory interleukin 1-beta (IL-1beta) and tumoral necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were determined by ELISA. The expression of receptor peroxisome gamma proliferator activator (PPAR-gamma), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGF-R1) were determined by western-blot. The plasma levels of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta in Notexin-injured rats showed a significant increase compared with the control group. EPI® produced a return of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta values to control levels. PPAR-gamma expression diminished injured quadriceps muscle in rats. EPI® increased PPAR-gamma, VEGF and VEGF-R1 expressions. EPI® decreased plasma levels of pro-inflammatory TNF-alpha and IL-1beta and increased anti-inflammatory PPAR-gamma and proangiogenic factors as well as VEGF and VEGF-R1 expressions. The EPI® technique may affect inflammatory mediators in damaged muscle tissue and influences the new vascularization of the injured area. These results suggest that EPI® might represent a useful new therapy for the treatment of muscle injuries. Although our study in rats may represent a valid approach to evaluate EPI® treatment, studies designed to determine how the EPI® treatment may affect recovery of injury in humans are needed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 4 3%
Unknown 118 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 24 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 11%
Student > Master 13 11%
Other 8 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 8 7%
Other 28 23%
Unknown 27 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 43 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 15%
Sports and Recreations 9 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 7%
Neuroscience 2 2%
Other 7 6%
Unknown 35 29%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2019.
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#940,482
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#2
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