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2019 (Järvinen) - Neovascularisation in Tendinopathy. From Eradication To Stabilisation
2019 (Järvinen) - Neovascularisation in Tendinopathy. From Eradication To Stabilisation
Br J Sports Med: first published as 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100608 on 8 October 2019. Downloaded from http://bjsm.bmj.com/ on October 14, 2019 at Swets Subscription Service REF:
Neovascularisation in tendinopathy: As noted, there are some preliminary
data to suggest that eradication of neovas-
Br J Sports Med: first published as 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100608 on 8 October 2019. Downloaded from http://bjsm.bmj.com/ on October 14, 2019 at Swets Subscription Service REF:
identified recently.7 Among them, R-Ras growth of neovessels (figure 1). Unfor- To cite Järvinen TAH. Br J Sports Med Epub ahead of
is a small GTPase with a pivotal role in tunately, these neovessels are non-func- print: [please include Day Month Year]. doi:10.1136/
bjsports-2019-100608
maintaining both proper vascular stabili- tional by nature, failing to deliver
sation and blood vessel lumenisation.7 It oxygen and nutrients required to reverse Accepted 16 September 2019
also supports endothelial cell survival.7 the prevailing hypoxia. Stabilisation of Br J Sports Med 2019;0:1–2.
Lack of R-Ras, in turn, is associated with neovessels could offer a tempting future doi:10.1136/bjsports-2019-100608
hyperpermeable neovessels in neovascular therapeutic approach for the treatment of ORCID iD
human diseases such as retinopathy and tendinopathy. Tero AH Järvinen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4027-
cancer and leads to improper lumenisa- 1759
tion of blood vessels in ischaemic skeletal Contributors TJ created the concept, wrote the
muscle.7 The re-introduction of R-Ras, in manuscript and is the only author of the manuscript. References
turn, stabilised the non-functional blood Funding This work was funded by the Academy of 1 Alfredson H, Bjur D, Thorsen K, et al. High
vessels, restoring proper lumen forma- Finland, Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation, and intratendinous lactate levels in painful chronic Achilles
tion and perfusion and, most importantly, The Competitive State Research Financing of the Expert tendinosis. An investigation using microdialysis
Responsibility Area of Tampere University Hospital. technique. J. Orthop. Res. 2002;20:934–8.
reversing hypoxia.7 2 Järvinen M, Józsa L, Kannus P, et al. Histopathological
The proposed hypoxia-induced patho- Competing interests None declared.
findings in chronic tendon disorders. Scand J Med Sci
genesis for tendinopathy might seem at Patient consent for publication Not required. Sports 1997;7:86–95.
odds with Doppler ultrasound studies that Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; 3 Heinemeier KM, Schjerling P, Øhlenschlæger TF, et al.
have shown normal oxygen saturation in externally peer reviewed. Carbon-14 bomb pulse dating shows that tendinopathy
is preceded by years of abnormally high collagen
tendinopathic tendons.8 However, arte- turnover. Faseb J 2018;32:4763–75.
rio-venous anastomoses are common in 4 McIntyre A, Harris AL. Metabolic and hypoxic adaptation
diseased tendons, providing a bypass route to anti‐angiogenic therapy: a target for induced
for circulation and thus a plausible expla- essentiality. EMBO Mol Med 2015;7:368–79.
nation for the failure to detect reduced 5 Schneider M, Angele P, Järvinen TAH, et al. Rescue plan
for Achilles: therapeutics steering the fate and functions
oxygen saturation in tendinopathic Open access This is an open access article distributed of stem cells in tendon wound healing. Adv Drug Deliv
tendons.2 In the end, hypoxia is the only in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Rev 2018;129:352–75.