Cryopreservation of tendon tissue using dimethyl sulfoxide combines conserved cell vitality with maintained biomechanical features

• Eva Hochstrat ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eva Hochstrat, Marcus Müller

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine, Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany

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• Marcus Müller ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eva Hochstrat, Marcus Müller

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Trauma-, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Andre Frank,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Trauma-, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Philipp Michel,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine, Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany, Department of Trauma-, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Uwe Hansen,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany

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• Michael J. Raschke,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Trauma-, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Daniel Kronenberg,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine, Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-7328

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• Richard Stange

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: richard.stange@ukmuenster.de

  Affiliation Department of Regenerative Musculoskeletal Medicine, Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany

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