Tendon is covered by a basement membrane epithelium that is required for cell retention and the prev...
Tendon is covered by a basement membrane epithelium that is required for cell retention and the prevention of adhesion formation
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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The ability of tendons to glide smoothly during muscle contraction is impaired after injury by fibrous adhesions that form between the damaged tendon surface and surrounding tissues. To understand how adhesions form we incubated excised tendons in fibrin gels (to mimic the homeostatic environment at the injury site) and assessed cell migration. We...
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Tendon is covered by a basement membrane epithelium that is required for cell retention and the prevention of adhesion formation
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1294707370
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1294707370
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0016337
